Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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... talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time it rains , you can come into the house . I want that water on the land . " They used to have a farming rule Of forty acres and a mule . Results were won by later men ...
... talking about that , " exclaimed the fruit - man . " The next time it rains , you can come into the house . I want that water on the land . " They used to have a farming rule Of forty acres and a mule . Results were won by later men ...
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... talking ; indeed , the young woman seated next me had not uttered a single word since I first began talking about aviation . Perhaps she was not interested in the subject , I thought , although to an enthusiast like me it seemed quite ...
... talking ; indeed , the young woman seated next me had not uttered a single word since I first began talking about aviation . Perhaps she was not interested in the subject , I thought , although to an enthusiast like me it seemed quite ...
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... talking to the gentleman at her right she dropped her napkin unconsciously . The bald - headed gentleman , in stooping to pick it up , touched her arm . The old lady turned around , shook her head , and very politely said : " No melon ...
... talking to the gentleman at her right she dropped her napkin unconsciously . The bald - headed gentleman , in stooping to pick it up , touched her arm . The old lady turned around , shook her head , and very politely said : " No melon ...
Page 53
... talking eagerly . The tramp looked troubled . And then , finally , they saw something pass from one hand to the other . The tramp tried to slink past the group without speaking , but one of them called to him : " Well , did you get ...
... talking eagerly . The tramp looked troubled . And then , finally , they saw something pass from one hand to the other . The tramp tried to slink past the group without speaking , but one of them called to him : " Well , did you get ...
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... 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 being on earth at that time . Who , then , did Cain marry ? y ? " The colored preacher snorted with ...
... 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 being on earth at that time . Who , then , did Cain marry ? y ? " The colored preacher snorted with ...
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