Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven't it ; it ...
... hand a definition of humor , or of that elusive quality , a sense of humor , he might find himself confronted with a difficulty . Yet certain things about it would be patent at the outset : Women haven't it ; Englishmen haven't it ; it ...
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... hand : humor is " the mental faculty of discovering , expressing , or appreciating ludicrous or absurdly incongruous elements in ideas , situations , happenings , or acts , " with the added information that it is distinguished from wit ...
... hand : humor is " the mental faculty of discovering , expressing , or appreciating ludicrous or absurdly incongruous elements in ideas , situations , happenings , or acts , " with the added information that it is distinguished from wit ...
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... Uncle Tom's Cabin " company was starting to parade in a small New England town when a big gander , from a farmyard near at hand waddled to the middle of the street and began to hiss . TOASTER'S H A N D B ООК 5 One of 4 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... Uncle Tom's Cabin " company was starting to parade in a small New England town when a big gander , from a farmyard near at hand waddled to the middle of the street and began to hiss . TOASTER'S H A N D B ООК 5 One of 4 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... hand she answered , sternly reproving the youth for the sin of extravagance and urging upon him the practice of economy . His reply staggered her : “ Dear Grandma , " it ran , " thank you for your kind letter of advice . I have sold the ...
... hand she answered , sternly reproving the youth for the sin of extravagance and urging upon him the practice of economy . His reply staggered her : “ Dear Grandma , " it ran , " thank you for your kind letter of advice . I have sold the ...
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... whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
... whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 19.
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