Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and QuotationsH.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... come last , as the crowning feature . But if the occasion is a large semi - public affair - a political gathering , for example - where strict etiquet does not require that all remain thru the entire program , there will always be those ...
... come last , as the crowning feature . But if the occasion is a large semi - public affair - a political gathering , for example - where strict etiquet does not require that all remain thru the entire program , there will always be those ...
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... come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ? Here is a story that James Bryce tells of the most successful after - dinner speech he remembers to have heard . The ...
... come late on the program ! Suppose the other speakers have not heeded Bacon ? What are you going to do about it ? Here is a story that James Bryce tells of the most successful after - dinner speech he remembers to have heard . The ...
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... come tearing down here and set ' em free . " ABSENT - MINDEDNESS SHE " I consider , John , that sheep are the stupidest creatures living . " HE ( absent - mindedly ) - " Yes , my lamb . " ACCIDENTS The late Dr. Henry Thayer , founder of ...
... come tearing down here and set ' em free . " ABSENT - MINDEDNESS SHE " I consider , John , that sheep are the stupidest creatures living . " HE ( absent - mindedly ) - " Yes , my lamb . " ACCIDENTS The late Dr. Henry Thayer , founder of ...
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... come before the curtain ? " persisted the friend . " Ask me ? " answered Crane . " Man , they dared me ! " LEADING MAN IN TRAVELING COMPANY- " We play Hamlet to - night , laddie , do we not ? " SUB - MANAGER— “ Yes , Mr. Montgomery ...
... come before the curtain ? " persisted the friend . " Ask me ? " answered Crane . " Man , they dared me ! " LEADING MAN IN TRAVELING COMPANY- " We play Hamlet to - night , laddie , do we not ? " SUB - MANAGER— “ Yes , Mr. Montgomery ...
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... come at last , but it was a long time com- ing . We can imagine Necessity , the mother of invention , look- ing up at a sky all criss - crossed with flying machines , and then saying , with a shake of her old head and with a contented ...
... come at last , but it was a long time com- ing . We can imagine Necessity , the mother of invention , look- ing up at a sky all criss - crossed with flying machines , and then saying , with a shake of her old head and with a contented ...
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Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and Quotations Peggy Edmund,Harold Workman Williams No preview available - 2013 |
Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and Quotations Peggy Edmund,Harold Workman Williams No preview available - 2013 |
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