Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories and QuotationsH.W. Wilson Company, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page vi
... thought , " or more specific- ally in literature , as " a sportive exercise of the imagination that is apparent in the choice and treatment of an idea or theme . " Isn't there something about that word " sportive , " on the lips of so ...
... thought , " or more specific- ally in literature , as " a sportive exercise of the imagination that is apparent in the choice and treatment of an idea or theme . " Isn't there something about that word " sportive , " on the lips of so ...
Page vii
... thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was ...
... thoughts on the paradoxical subject of dry humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was ...
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... thought him . Laughter is a stern mentor , characterized by “ an absence of feeling . ” “ Laughter , ” says M. Bergson , " is above all a corrective , it must make a pain- ful impression on the person against whom it is directed . By ...
... thought him . Laughter is a stern mentor , characterized by “ an absence of feeling . ” “ Laughter , ” says M. Bergson , " is above all a corrective , it must make a pain- ful impression on the person against whom it is directed . By ...
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... thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to ... thought , on which all his stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a ...
... thoughts and expressions previously prepared for other occasions , but the neophyte may well consider it necessary to ... thought , on which all his stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a ...
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... thought that , as the play was already in the midst of its run , none of the dramatic critics might be there to watch his triumph . A bright thought struck him . He would announce the event . Rushing to a telegraph office , he sent to ...
... thought that , as the play was already in the midst of its run , none of the dramatic critics might be there to watch his triumph . A bright thought struck him . He would announce the event . Rushing to a telegraph office , he sent to ...
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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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