Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page v
... things are and what they ought to be . " The sources , then , of laughter and tears come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh , or we weep ; it would depend , it seems ...
... things are and what they ought to be . " The sources , then , of laughter and tears come very close to- gether . At the difference between things as they are and as they ought to be we laugh , or we weep ; it would depend , it seems ...
Page xvii
... things they already know . Be brief . An after - dinner audience is in a particuarly de- fenceless position . It is so out in the open . There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front ...
... things they already know . Be brief . An after - dinner audience is in a particuarly de- fenceless position . It is so out in the open . There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front ...
Page 15
... things , expect to live very much longer , and I—- ” THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson . I be stronger on my legs than I were when I started ! " A well - meaning Washington florist was the cause of much embarrassment to a young man ...
... things , expect to live very much longer , and I—- ” THE NONAGENARIAN- " I dunno , parson . I be stronger on my legs than I were when I started ! " A well - meaning Washington florist was the cause of much embarrassment to a young man ...
Page 16
... things . - Sidney Dark . To the old , long life and treasure ; To the young , all health and pleasure . -Ben Jonson . Youth is a blunder ; Manhood a struggle ; Old Age a re- gret . - Disraeli . We do not count a man's years , until he ...
... things . - Sidney Dark . To the old , long life and treasure ; To the young , all health and pleasure . -Ben Jonson . Youth is a blunder ; Manhood a struggle ; Old Age a re- gret . - Disraeli . We do not count a man's years , until he ...
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... thing in life , and but one . May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things , wherever he ... things on earth . ( Dearest precisely- And yet of full worth . ) One who lays siege to Susceptible hearts . ( Pocket ...
... thing in life , and but one . May hope to achieve it before life be done ; But he who seeks all things , wherever he ... things on earth . ( Dearest precisely- And yet of full worth . ) One who lays siege to Susceptible hearts . ( Pocket ...
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