Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh , or we weep ; it would depend , it seems , on the point of view , or the temperament . And if , as Horace Walpole once said ...
... come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh , or we weep ; it would depend , it seems , on the point of view , or the temperament . And if , as Horace Walpole once said ...
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... come last , as the crowning feature . But if the occasion is a large semi - public affair a political gathering , for example - where strict etiquet does not require that all remain thru the entire program , there will always be those ...
... come last , as the crowning feature . But if the occasion is a large semi - public affair a political gathering , for example - where strict etiquet does not require that all remain thru the entire program , there will always be those ...
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... come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ? Here is a story that James Bryce tells of the most successful after - dinner speech he remembers to have heard . The ...
... come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ? Here is a story that James Bryce tells of the most successful after - dinner speech he remembers to have heard . The ...
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... come and see him be- hind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the mammy resolutely nudged her husband . The old man gathered himself together with an effort , and said : " Marse Cha'les , mebbe it ain ...
... come and see him be- hind the scenes . They sat together for a while in solemn silence , and then the mammy resolutely nudged her husband . The old man gathered himself together with an effort , and said : " Marse Cha'les , mebbe it ain ...
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... come at last , but it was a long time com- ing . We can imagine Necessity , the mother of invention , look- ing up at a sky all criss - crossed with flying machines , and then saying , with a shake of her old head and with a contented ...
... come at last , but it was a long time com- ing . We can imagine Necessity , the mother of invention , look- ing up at a sky all criss - crossed with flying machines , and then saying , with a shake of her old head and with a contented ...
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