Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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Page viii
... gave his attention to the human phenomenon of laughter and explained it away as " the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing . " Some modern cynic has compiled a list of the situations on the stage which are always ...
... gave his attention to the human phenomenon of laughter and explained it away as " the result of an expectation which of a sudden ends in nothing . " Some modern cynic has compiled a list of the situations on the stage which are always ...
Page xiii
... gave rise to the modern toast will help us to understand the spirit in which a toast should be given . It originated with the pagan custom of drinking to gods and the dead , which in Christian nations was modified , with the ...
... gave rise to the modern toast will help us to understand the spirit in which a toast should be given . It originated with the pagan custom of drinking to gods and the dead , which in Christian nations was modified , with the ...
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... gave it up then ? " " No , no . By that time I had a reputation . " " I dream my stories , " said Hicks , the author . " How you must dread going to bed ! " exclaimed Cynicus . The five - year - old son of James Oppenheim , author of ...
... gave it up then ? " " No , no . By that time I had a reputation . " " I dream my stories , " said Hicks , the author . " How you must dread going to bed ! " exclaimed Cynicus . The five - year - old son of James Oppenheim , author of ...
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... gave him a dollar for his damned new cathedral at Laramie ! " To get thine ends , lay bashfulnesse aside ; Who feares to aske , doth teach to be deny'd . -Herrick . Well , whiles I am a beggar I will rail And say , there is no sin but ...
... gave him a dollar for his damned new cathedral at Laramie ! " To get thine ends , lay bashfulnesse aside ; Who feares to aske , doth teach to be deny'd . -Herrick . Well , whiles I am a beggar I will rail And say , there is no sin but ...
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... gave Moses two tablets . " " Mr. Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod , after he killed Abel . But the ...
... gave Moses two tablets . " " Mr. Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod , after he killed Abel . But the ...
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