Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page vii
... wish , define humor in terms of what it is not . We can draw lines around it and distinguish it from its next of kin , wit . This indeed has been a favorite pastime with the jugglers of words in all ages . And many have been the ...
... wish , define humor in terms of what it is not . We can draw lines around it and distinguish it from its next of kin , wit . This indeed has been a favorite pastime with the jugglers of words in all ages . And many have been the ...
Page xiii
... wish for health and happiness added . In England during the sixteenth century it was customary to put a " toast " in ... wishes or fellowship at table came to be known as toasting . Since an occasion , then , at which toasts are in order ...
... wish for health and happiness added . In England during the sixteenth century it was customary to put a " toast " in ... wishes or fellowship at table came to be known as toasting . Since an occasion , then , at which toasts are in order ...
Page 21
... wish that my room had a floor ; I don't so much care for a door ; But this crawling around Without touching the ground Is getting to be quite a bore . I am a great friend to public amusements ; for TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 21.
... wish that my room had a floor ; I don't so much care for a door ; But this crawling around Without touching the ground Is getting to be quite a bore . I am a great friend to public amusements ; for TOASTER'S HANDBOOK 21.
Page 32
... wish I had said that ! " " Never mind , dear Oscar , " was the rejoinder , " you will ! ” THE AUTHOR “ Would you advise me to get out a small edi- tion ? " THE PUBLISHER " Yes , the smaller the better . The more scarce a book is at the ...
... wish I had said that ! " " Never mind , dear Oscar , " was the rejoinder , " you will ! ” THE AUTHOR “ Would you advise me to get out a small edi- tion ? " THE PUBLISHER " Yes , the smaller the better . The more scarce a book is at the ...
Page 63
... wish to see ? " asked the careworn person who came to the door . " I want to see the boss of the house , " replied the insurance agent . " Are you the boss ? " " No , " meekly returned the man who came to the door ; " I'm only the ...
... wish to see ? " asked the careworn person who came to the door . " I want to see the boss of the house , " replied the insurance agent . " Are you the boss ? " " No , " meekly returned the man who came to the door ; " I'm only the ...
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