Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page xi
... wife must be able to laugh over the same jokes - have between them many a “ grouse in the gun - room " story . But there must always be exceptions if the spice of life is to be preserved , and I recall one couple of my acquaintance ...
... wife must be able to laugh over the same jokes - have between them many a “ grouse in the gun - room " story . But there must always be exceptions if the spice of life is to be preserved , and I recall one couple of my acquaintance ...
Page 3
... wife , who had been body servants in his father's house- hold , with a couple of seats in the theatre . As it happened , he was playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From ...
... wife , who had been body servants in his father's house- hold , with a couple of seats in the theatre . As it happened , he was playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned with treasons , stratagems and spoils . From ...
Page 18
... wife said to him , ' Why , Tom , you bought only one ticket , ' he answered without a moment's hesitation , ' By Jove , you're right , dear ! I'd forgotten myself entirely ! ' ALIBI " > A party of Manila army women were returning in an ...
... wife said to him , ' Why , Tom , you bought only one ticket , ' he answered without a moment's hesitation , ' By Jove , you're right , dear ! I'd forgotten myself entirely ! ' ALIBI " > A party of Manila army women were returning in an ...
Page 20
... wife , " the janitor of these flats is a bachelor . " " What of it ? " " I really think he is becoming interested in our oldest daugh- ter . " " There you go again with your pipe dreams ! Last week it was a duke . " The chief end of a ...
... wife , " the janitor of these flats is a bachelor . " " What of it ? " " I really think he is becoming interested in our oldest daugh- ter . " " There you go again with your pipe dreams ! Last week it was a duke . " The chief end of a ...
Page 24
... wife Smile at the claims of long descent . -Tennyson . ANGER Charlie and Nancy had quarreled . After their supper Mother tried to re - establish friendly relations . She told them of the Bible verse , " Let not the sun go down upon your ...
... wife Smile at the claims of long descent . -Tennyson . ANGER Charlie and Nancy had quarreled . After their supper Mother tried to re - establish friendly relations . She told them of the Bible verse , " Let not the sun go down upon your ...
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