Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and QuotationsH.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... hour I advise you to illustrate the Applications of Science by applying a lucifer match to the wick of your bedroom candle . Let us all go to bed . " If you are capable of making a similar sacrifice by cutting short your own carefully ...
... hour I advise you to illustrate the Applications of Science by applying a lucifer match to the wick of your bedroom candle . Let us all go to bed . " If you are capable of making a similar sacrifice by cutting short your own carefully ...
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... hour of the same day , in the Garrick Club , a lounging gentleman produced one of the telegrams , and read it to a group of friends . A chorus of exclamations followed the reading : " Why , I got precisely the same message ! " " And so ...
... hour of the same day , in the Garrick Club , a lounging gentleman produced one of the telegrams , and read it to a group of friends . A chorus of exclamations followed the reading : " Why , I got precisely the same message ! " " And so ...
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... hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not succeeding very well . Paderewski walked up to the house and knocked . Miss Jones came to the door and recognized him at once ...
... hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not succeeding very well . Paderewski walked up to the house and knocked . Miss Jones came to the door and recognized him at once ...
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... hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy speeches . Joseph Chamberlain was the guest of honor at a dinner in an important city . The Mayor presided , and when ...
... hour . " Every rose has its thorn There's fuzz on all the peaches . There never was a dinner yet Without some lengthy speeches . Joseph Chamberlain was the guest of honor at a dinner in an important city . The Mayor presided , and when ...
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... hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I- 99 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson . I be stronger on my legs than I were when I started ! " A well ...
... hour ) - " When a man reaches your age , Mr. Dodd , he cannot , in the nature of things , expect to live very much longer , and I- 99 THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson . I be stronger on my legs than I were when I started ! " A well ...
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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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