Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 35
... better word ! " The company in general listened to the story with admiration , but a merry - eyed American girl remarked : " Well , if he'd been my husband I should have replied , ' Alpheus , get up yourself ; I've thought of a bad word ...
... better word ! " The company in general listened to the story with admiration , but a merry - eyed American girl remarked : " Well , if he'd been my husband I should have replied , ' Alpheus , get up yourself ; I've thought of a bad word ...
Page 39
... be an honor to the family . " VALEDICTORIAN- " I expect to do better than that , father . I am going to try to live up to the baccalaureate sermon . " BACTERIA There once were some learned M. D.'s , Who TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 39.
... be an honor to the family . " VALEDICTORIAN- " I expect to do better than that , father . I am going to try to live up to the baccalaureate sermon . " BACTERIA There once were some learned M. D.'s , Who TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 39.
Page 60
... better than even his mother did , and took the first opportunity of privately inquiring what those mystic letters stood for . Nor was she surprised ultimately to find that they represented , not the venerable Society for the Propagation ...
... better than even his mother did , and took the first opportunity of privately inquiring what those mystic letters stood for . Nor was she surprised ultimately to find that they represented , not the venerable Society for the Propagation ...
Page 62
... better than nothing . " " Twelve a week - thunder ! " exclaimed the old scribe . " I can borrow more than that right here in Detroit . " - Detroit Free Press . One winter morning Henry Clay , finding himself in need of money , went to ...
... better than nothing . " " Twelve a week - thunder ! " exclaimed the old scribe . " I can borrow more than that right here in Detroit . " - Detroit Free Press . One winter morning Henry Clay , finding himself in need of money , went to ...
Page 67
... Better ? " " Worse . " " More poultice . " Two days later the woman made another call . " Better ? " " Well . Fee ? " " Nothing . Most sensible woman I ever saw . " BRIBERY A judge , disgusted with a jury that seemed unable to reach an ...
... Better ? " " Worse . " " More poultice . " Two days later the woman made another call . " Better ? " " Well . Fee ? " " Nothing . Most sensible woman I ever saw . " BRIBERY A judge , disgusted with a jury that seemed unable to reach an ...
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