Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back the book to the librarian and said : " This book does not give me what I require ; I want to find out the addresses of several American magnates ; I know ...
... George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back the book to the librarian and said : " This book does not give me what I require ; I want to find out the addresses of several American magnates ; I know ...
Page 156
... George Washington did his own sewing in the wars , and do you think you are better than George Washington ? " " I don't know , " replied the boy seriously 156 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
... George Washington did his own sewing in the wars , and do you think you are better than George Washington ? " " I don't know , " replied the boy seriously 156 TOASTER'S HANDBOOK.
Page 196
... George Washington , not Booker Washington . " One day a pastor was calling upon a dear old lady , one of the " pillars " of the church to which they both belonged . As he thought of her long and useful life , and looked upon her sweet ...
... George Washington , not Booker Washington . " One day a pastor was calling upon a dear old lady , one of the " pillars " of the church to which they both belonged . As he thought of her long and useful life , and looked upon her sweet ...
Page 283
... George Washington- am I mistaken ? " " No , sah , " said Uncle Mose . " I uster ' member seein ' him , but I done fo'got sence I jined de chu'ch . " A noted college president , attending a banquet in Boston , was surprised to see that ...
... George Washington- am I mistaken ? " " No , sah , " said Uncle Mose . " I uster ' member seein ' him , but I done fo'got sence I jined de chu'ch . " A noted college president , attending a banquet in Boston , was surprised to see that ...
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... Washington's officers chanced upon a fine team of horses driven before a plow by a burly slave . Finer animals he ... George Washington , " replied the other , squaring his shoulders and swelling his pride . A smile of triumph softened ...
... Washington's officers chanced upon a fine team of horses driven before a plow by a burly slave . Finer animals he ... George Washington , " replied the other , squaring his shoulders and swelling his pride . A smile of triumph softened ...
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