Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 9
... look at the pictures of Hitchcock and his company that adorned the entrance . Near the pictures was a billboard covered with laud- atory extracts from newspaper criticisms of the show . When Foy had moodily read to the bottom of the ...
... look at the pictures of Hitchcock and his company that adorned the entrance . Near the pictures was a billboard covered with laud- atory extracts from newspaper criticisms of the show . When Foy had moodily read to the bottom of the ...
Page 11
... 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 smile : " " Of all my family , the aeroplane has been the hardest to raise . " " A genius who once did ...
... 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 smile : " " Of all my family , the aeroplane has been the hardest to raise . " " A genius who once did ...
Page 24
... look forward to posterity , who never look backward to their ancestors . - Burke . From yon blue heavens above us bent , The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent . -Tennyson . ANGER Charlie and Nancy had ...
... look forward to posterity , who never look backward to their ancestors . - Burke . From yon blue heavens above us bent , The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent . -Tennyson . ANGER Charlie and Nancy had ...
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... looks . " “ Ah , you should never judge from appearances . He's got a gumboil on one side of his face and he has been stung by a wasp on the other . " APPLAUSE A certain theatrical troupe , after a dreary and unsuccessful tour , finally ...
... looks . " “ Ah , you should never judge from appearances . He's got a gumboil on one side of his face and he has been stung by a wasp on the other . " APPLAUSE A certain theatrical troupe , after a dreary and unsuccessful tour , finally ...
Page 30
... look at one of your paintings I stand and wonder- ARTIST " How I do it ? " CRITIC " No ; why you do it . " He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius as he must needs paint for other minds , and not for his own ...
... look at one of your paintings I stand and wonder- ARTIST " How I do it ? " CRITIC " No ; why you do it . " He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius as he must needs paint for other minds , and not for his own ...
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