Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page ix
... 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 by the ...
... 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 by the ...
Page xi
... 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 ? Do you know ...
... 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 ? Do you know ...
Page xv
... told first of all what an after - dinner speech is . It is only a short , informal talk , usually witty , at any rate kindly , with one central idea and a certain amount of illus- trative material in the way of anecdotes , quotations ...
... told first of all what an after - dinner speech is . It is only a short , informal talk , usually witty , at any rate kindly , with one central idea and a certain amount of illus- trative material in the way of anecdotes , quotations ...
Page 12
... dinner up will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's speeches up will come your dinners . " Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... dinner up will come a speech , but I warn you that if you open your mouths and drop in one of Senator Depew's speeches up will come your dinners . " Mr. John C. Hackett recently told the following story : 12 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
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... 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 . I was asked to make a speech . " Now , ' said I , with ...
... 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 . I was asked to make a speech . " Now , ' said I , with ...
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