Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... preacher , we recognize that it is good ; that without this saving grace of humor life would be an empty vaunt . I like to recall that ancient usage : " The skie hangs full of humour , and I think we shall haue raine . " Blessed humor ...
... preacher , we recognize that it is good ; that without this saving grace of humor life would be an empty vaunt . I like to recall that ancient usage : " The skie hangs full of humour , and I think we shall haue raine . " Blessed humor ...
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... preacher , a kindly man , assured the little fellow that it was nothing serious , and asked him in to dinner . " Pa wouldn't like it , " said the boy . But the preacher assured him that he would fix it all right with his father , and ...
... preacher , a kindly man , assured the little fellow that it was nothing serious , and asked him in to dinner . " Pa wouldn't like it , " said the boy . But the preacher assured him that he would fix it all right with his father , and ...
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... preacher , unable to understand , asked the boy what made him think his father would object . " Why , you see , pa's under the hay , " explained the boy . There was an old Miss from Antrim , Who looked for the leak with a glim . Alack ...
... preacher , unable to understand , asked the boy what made him think his father would object . " Why , you see , pa's under the hay , " explained the boy . There was an old Miss from Antrim , Who looked for the leak with a glim . Alack ...
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... preacher and author , some years ago took charge of the First Presby- terian Church of Evanston , Illinois . Shortly after going there he required the services of a physician , and on the advice of one of his parishioners called in a ...
... preacher and author , some years ago took charge of the First Presby- terian Church of Evanston , Illinois . Shortly after going there he required the services of a physician , and on the advice of one of his parishioners called in a ...
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... Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod , after he killed Abel . But the Bible mentions only Adam and Eve as ...
... Preacher , " said a white man to a colored minister who was addressing his congregation , " you are talking about Cain , and you say he got married in the land of Nod , after he killed Abel . But the Bible mentions only Adam and Eve as ...
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