Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page iii
... humorous , there are inserted many quotations of a serious nature which may serve as appropriate literary ballast . The jokes and quotes gathered for the toaster have been placed under the subject headings where it ... SENSE OF HUMOR “ Man.
... humorous , there are inserted many quotations of a serious nature which may serve as appropriate literary ballast . The jokes and quotes gathered for the toaster have been placed under the subject headings where it ... SENSE OF HUMOR “ Man.
Page v
... HUMOR “ Man , ” says Hazlitt , " is the only animal that laughs and weeps , for he is the only animal that is struck ... sense of humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once ...
... HUMOR “ Man , ” says Hazlitt , " is the only animal that laughs and weeps , for he is the only animal that is struck ... sense of humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once ...
Page vi
... bile , and black bile , and by which the disposition was determined . We find , too , that at one time a " humour " meant any animal or plant fluid , and again any kind of moisture . " The skie hangs full of vi SENSE OF HUMOR.
... bile , and black bile , and by which the disposition was determined . We find , too , that at one time a " humour " meant any animal or plant fluid , and again any kind of moisture . " The skie hangs full of vi SENSE OF HUMOR.
Page vii
... humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was restricted later within ... SENSE OF HUMOR vii.
... humor . Now in part this development is easily traced . Humor , mean- ing moisture of any kind , came to have a biological significance and was applied only to plant and animal life . It was restricted later within ... SENSE OF HUMOR vii.
Page viii
... humor and to explain laughter . Con- sider Hobbes : " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from the sudden conception of eminency in ... joke be judged by its intent or by its consequences viii SENSE OF HUMOR.
... humor and to explain laughter . Con- sider Hobbes : " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from the sudden conception of eminency in ... joke be judged by its intent or by its consequences viii SENSE OF HUMOR.
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