Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... appeared , little attempt has been made to credit any source for them . The compilers hereby make a sweeping acknowledg ment to the " funny editors " of many books and periodicals . ON THE POSSESSION OF A SENSE OF HUMOR " Man Reliace .
... appeared , little attempt has been made to credit any source for them . The compilers hereby make a sweeping acknowledg ment to the " funny editors " of many books and periodicals . ON THE POSSESSION OF A SENSE OF HUMOR " Man Reliace .
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... appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be established a test of good usage . A joke would be that at which the best people laugh . Somebody - was it Mark Twain ? -once said that there are eleven original jokes in ...
... appearance or by the company it keeps . Perhaps there might be established a test of good usage . A joke would be that at which the best people laugh . Somebody - was it Mark Twain ? -once said that there are eleven original jokes in ...
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... appearance , the unpremedi- tated effusion of an honest heart ; and yet , in reality , they were preconceived with so much skill that the judges were not so well prepared as they should have been to withstand the force of them ! " After ...
... appearance , the unpremedi- tated effusion of an honest heart ; and yet , in reality , they were preconceived with so much skill that the judges were not so well prepared as they should have been to withstand the force of them ! " After ...
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... appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance of Hamlet at the Town Hall . There has been considerable discussion in the press as to whether the ...
... appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a performance of Hamlet at the Town Hall . There has been considerable discussion in the press as to whether the ...
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... appeared to be much downcast . " What's the matter , Crane ? Didn't they appreciate it ? " asked one of his friends . " They didn't seem to , " laconically answered the actor . " Well , didn't they give any encouragement ? Didn't they ...
... appeared to be much downcast . " What's the matter , Crane ? Didn't they appreciate it ? " asked one of his friends . " They didn't seem to , " laconically answered the actor . " Well , didn't they give any encouragement ? Didn't they ...
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