Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... story , while the man without tact would get an axe . This use of the funny story is the American way of adapting it to practical ends . A collection of funny stories used to be an important part of a drummer's stock in trade . It is by ...
... story , while the man without tact would get an axe . This use of the funny story is the American way of adapting it to practical ends . A collection of funny stories used to be an important part of a drummer's stock in trade . It is by ...
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... story . But there must always be exceptions if the spice of life is to be preserved , and I recall one couple of my ... stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending ...
... story . But there must always be exceptions if the spice of life is to be preserved , and I recall one couple of my ... stories with an eye to their effect on her , and when her response came , peaceful and placid and non - comprehending ...
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Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Harold Workman Williams. may , of course , contain some good - natured bantering ... stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a proper balance between the ...
Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Harold Workman Williams. may , of course , contain some good - natured bantering ... stories , anec- dotes and jokes will have a bearing ; the second that there will be a proper balance between the ...
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Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Harold Workman Williams. introduction and conclusion ; the third , that it will hang ... story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the ...
Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Harold Workman Williams. introduction and conclusion ; the third , that it will hang ... story with a straight face adds to the humorous effect . A word might be said to those who plan the program . In the ...
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... stories . The best advice to such a speaker is : Make your first effort simple . Don't be over ambitious . If , as was ... story does to the novel . Let it have continuity . James Bryce says : " There is a tendency today to make after ...
... stories . The best advice to such a speaker is : Make your first effort simple . Don't be over ambitious . If , as was ... story does to the novel . Let it have continuity . James Bryce says : " There is a tendency today to make after ...
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