Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams |
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Page v
... half of humanity that , at the sight of life's incongruities , is moved to laughter , the feeling half to tears . A sense of humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once with ...
... half of humanity that , at the sight of life's incongruities , is moved to laughter , the feeling half to tears . A sense of humor , then , is the possses- sion of the thinking half , and the humorists must be classified at once with ...
Page xvi
... half won . Such a subject is in effect a challenge . " Now , let's see what you can make of this , " is what it implies . First get an idea ; then find something in the way of illustrative material . Speak simply and naturally and sit ...
... half won . Such a subject is in effect a challenge . " Now , let's see what you can make of this , " is what it implies . First get an idea ; then find something in the way of illustrative material . Speak simply and naturally and sit ...
Page 19
... half a mile the gamekeeper was led a swift and difficult chase . Then , worn out , the boy halted . The man seized him by the arm and said between pants : " Have you a permit to fish on this estate ? " Yes to be sure , " said the boy ...
... half a mile the gamekeeper was led a swift and difficult chase . Then , worn out , the boy halted . The man seized him by the arm and said between pants : " Have you a permit to fish on this estate ? " Yes to be sure , " said the boy ...
Page 21
... half a dozen voices at once . " Well , the night before I sailed for England , " said Field , “ I was giving a dinner at a hotel to a party of intimate friends when a colored waiter spilled a plate of soup over the gown of a lady at an ...
... half a dozen voices at once . " Well , the night before I sailed for England , " said Field , “ I was giving a dinner at a hotel to a party of intimate friends when a colored waiter spilled a plate of soup over the gown of a lady at an ...
Page 58
... half dragged , half carried the droop- ing figure up the stairway to the second floor . " What floor do you live on ? " he asked . “ Is this it ? " " Yep . " Rather than face an irate wife who might , perhaps , take him for a companion ...
... half dragged , half carried the droop- ing figure up the stairway to the second floor . " What floor do you live on ? " he asked . “ Is this it ? " " Yep . " Rather than face an irate wife who might , perhaps , take him for a companion ...
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