Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... Don't be over ambitious . If , as was suggested in the example cited a moment ago , the subject is fanciful - as it ... don't overdo it . Avoid trite sayings . Don't use quotations that are shop- xvi TOASTERS AND TOASTS.
... Don't be over ambitious . If , as was suggested in the example cited a moment ago , the subject is fanciful - as it ... don't overdo it . Avoid trite sayings . Don't use quotations that are shop- xvi TOASTERS AND TOASTS.
Page xvii
... Don't use quotations that are shop- worn , and avoid the set forms for toasts- " Our sweethearts and wives - may they never meet , " etc. Don't apologize . Don't say that you are not prepared ; that you speak on very short notice ; that ...
... Don't use quotations that are shop- worn , and avoid the set forms for toasts- " Our sweethearts and wives - may they never meet , " etc. Don't apologize . Don't say that you are not prepared ; that you speak on very short notice ; that ...
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... Don't be so dern quick to jump at conclusions . Wait till you see the show . " - K . A. Bisbee . When William H. Crane was younger and less discreet he had a vaunting ambition to play Hamlet . So with his first profits he organized his ...
... Don't be so dern quick to jump at conclusions . Wait till you see the show . " - K . A. Bisbee . When William H. Crane was younger and less discreet he had a vaunting ambition to play Hamlet . So with his first profits he organized his ...
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... don't go near the airy . " -Judge . Harry N. Atwood , the noted aviator , was the guest of honor at a dinner in New York , and on the occasion his eloquent reply to a toast on aviation terminated neatly with these words : " The ...
... don't go near the airy . " -Judge . Harry N. Atwood , the noted aviator , was the guest of honor at a dinner in New York , and on the occasion his eloquent reply to a toast on aviation terminated neatly with these words : " The ...
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... don't you stay in out of the rain ? " asked the fruit- man . " I don't mind a little dew like this , " said the man . work along just the same . " " I can " Oh , I'm not talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time ...
... don't you stay in out of the rain ? " asked the fruit- man . " I don't mind a little dew like this , " said the man . work along just the same . " " I can " Oh , I'm not talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time ...
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