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Congreve once told Colly Cibber that there were many witty speeches in one of Colly's plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or ...
Congreve once told Colly Cibber that there were many witty speeches in one of Colly's plays , and many that looked witty , yet were not really what they seemed at first sight ! So a joke is not to be recognized even by its appearance or ...
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Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say , “ Isn't she a wonder ?
Yet he told his best stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending , he would look about the table with delight , as much as to say , “ Isn't she a wonder ?
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... who has never heard an after - dinner speech , may be confronted with the necessity of responding to a toast on , say “ Needles and Pins . ” Such a one would like to be told first of all what an after - dinner speech is ...
... who has never heard an after - dinner speech , may be confronted with the necessity of responding to a toast on , say “ Needles and Pins . ” Such a one would like to be told first of all what an after - dinner speech is ...
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... in a dinner up will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's specches tip will come your dinners . ” to Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... in a dinner up will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's specches tip will come your dinners . ” to Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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to Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : “ I was up in Rockland County last summer , and there was a banquet given at a country hotel . All the farmers were there and all the village characters .
to Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : “ I was up in Rockland County last summer , and there was a banquet given at a country hotel . All the farmers were there and all the village characters .
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