Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1923 - 483 pages |
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... town where the formal banquet is unknown , who has never heard an after - dinner speech , may be confronted with the neces- sity of responding to a toast on , say " Needles and Pins . " Such a one would like to be told first of all what ...
... town where the formal banquet is unknown , who has never heard an after - dinner speech , may be confronted with the neces- sity of responding to a toast on , say " Needles and Pins . " Such a one would like to be told first of all what ...
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... town , and remembered an old negro and his wife , who had been body servants in his father's house- hold , with a couple of seats in the theatre . As it happened , he was playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned ...
... town , and remembered an old negro and his wife , who had been body servants in his father's house- hold , with a couple of seats in the theatre . As it happened , he was playing the part of the villain , and was largely con- cerned ...
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... town recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a ...
... town recently a company of local amateurs produced Hamlet , and the following account of the proceedings appeared in the local paper next morning : " Last night all the fashionables and elite of our town gath- ered to witness a ...
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... town to give vent to his ambition and " try it on . " When he came back to New York a group of friends noticed that the actor appeared to be much downcast . " What's the matter , Crane ? Didn't they appreciate it ? " asked one of his ...
... town to give vent to his ambition and " try it on . " When he came back to New York a group of friends noticed that the actor appeared to be much downcast . " What's the matter , Crane ? Didn't they appreciate it ? " asked one of his ...
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... town about noon one day and decided to take a walk in the afternoon . While strol- ling along he heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour ...
... town about noon one day and decided to take a walk in the afternoon . While strol- ling along he heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour ...
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