Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 19
... whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , TOASTER'S HAND BO O K 19.
... whale of an ambition . Some day he hoped to gratify it . The woman rested her elbows on the table and propped her face in her long , sad hands , and glowed into Mr. Her- ford's eyes . about it . " " Oh , TOASTER'S HAND BO O K 19.
Page 25
... hand - clapping out there , " was the reply . " Hand - clapping ? " " Yes , " said the Thespian , " they are giving me enough ap- plause to show they appreciate me . " " D'ye call thot applause ? " inquired the old fellow . " Whoi ...
... hand - clapping out there , " was the reply . " Hand - clapping ? " " Yes , " said the Thespian , " they are giving me enough ap- plause to show they appreciate me . " " D'ye call thot applause ? " inquired the old fellow . " Whoi ...
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... hand , the amateur fighter observed : " Bill , I now fully realize what people mean when they speak of the sinews of war . " - Howard Morse . ART There was an old sculptor named Phidias , Whose knowledge of Art was invidious . He carved ...
... hand , the amateur fighter observed : " Bill , I now fully realize what people mean when they speak of the sinews of war . " - Howard Morse . ART There was an old sculptor named Phidias , Whose knowledge of Art was invidious . He carved ...
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... hands on his apron , and said : ' I expect there's goin ' to be a lecture . I've been sellin ' eggs all day . " An American friend of Edmond Rostand says that the great dramatist once told him of a curious encounter he had had with a ...
... hands on his apron , and said : ' I expect there's goin ' to be a lecture . I've been sellin ' eggs all day . " An American friend of Edmond Rostand says that the great dramatist once told him of a curious encounter he had had with a ...
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... hand up to my face ; I want to be an author , An air of studied grace ! I want to be an author , With genius on my brow ; I want to be an author , And I want to be it now ! -Ella Hutchison Ellwanger . That writer does the most , who ...
... hand up to my face ; I want to be an author , An air of studied grace ! I want to be an author , With genius on my brow ; I want to be an author , And I want to be it now ! -Ella Hutchison Ellwanger . That writer does the most , who ...
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