Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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Page 35
... hear at length one general cry Tickle and entertain us , or we die ! -Cowper . The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children . - Disraeli . AUTOMOBILES TEACHER " If a man saves ...
... hear at length one general cry Tickle and entertain us , or we die ! -Cowper . The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children . - Disraeli . AUTOMOBILES TEACHER " If a man saves ...
Page 54
... hear dat , brederen an ' sisters ? You hear dat fool question I am axed ? Cain , he went to de land o ' Nod just as de Good Book tells us , an ' in de land o ' Nod Cain gits so lazy an ' so shif'less dat he up an ' marries a gal o ' one ...
... hear dat , brederen an ' sisters ? You hear dat fool question I am axed ? Cain , he went to de land o ' Nod just as de Good Book tells us , an ' in de land o ' Nod Cain gits so lazy an ' so shif'less dat he up an ' marries a gal o ' one ...
Page 64
... hear you use the word “ ain't " ! " — E . R. Bickford . NAN- " That young man from Boston is an interesting talk- er , so far as you can understand what he says ; but what a queer dialect he uses . " FAN- " That isn't dialect ; it's ...
... hear you use the word “ ain't " ! " — E . R. Bickford . NAN- " That young man from Boston is an interesting talk- er , so far as you can understand what he says ; but what a queer dialect he uses . " FAN- " That isn't dialect ; it's ...
Page 80
... hear about that man who died the other day and left all he had to the orphanage ? " " No , " some one answered . " How much did he leave ? " " Twelve children . " " I made a mistake , " said Plodding Pete . " I told that man up the road ...
... hear about that man who died the other day and left all he had to the orphanage ? " " No , " some one answered . " How much did he leave ? " " Twelve children . " " I made a mistake , " said Plodding Pete . " I told that man up the road ...
Page 82
... hear about Ida- " " " Marse John , Ida ain't nuvver tuk dem chickens . Ida wouldn't do sich a thing ! Ida wouldn't demeange herse'f to rob nobody's hen - roost - and , any way , dem old chickens warn't nothing ' t all but feathers when ...
... hear about Ida- " " " Marse John , Ida ain't nuvver tuk dem chickens . Ida wouldn't do sich a thing ! Ida wouldn't demeange herse'f to rob nobody's hen - roost - and , any way , dem old chickens warn't nothing ' t all but feathers when ...
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