Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams |
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... heard anyone else give , a toast . It would seem hardly possible in this day of banquets to find an individual who has missed these occa- sions entirely - but he is to be found . Especially is this true in a world where toasting and ...
... heard anyone else give , a toast . It would seem hardly possible in this day of banquets to find an individual who has missed these occa- sions entirely - but he is to be found . Especially is this true in a world where toasting and ...
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... heard . The speaker was a famous engineer , the occasion a dinner of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . " He came last ; and midnight had arrived . His toast was Applied Science , and his speech was as follows ...
... heard . The speaker was a famous engineer , the occasion a dinner of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . " He came last ; and midnight had arrived . His toast was Applied Science , and his speech was as follows ...
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... heard about the new manner in which the planters are going to pick their cotton this season ? " he inquired . " Don't believe I have , " answered the other . " Well , they have decided to import a lot of monkeys to do the picking ...
... heard about the new manner in which the planters are going to pick their cotton this season ? " he inquired . " Don't believe I have , " answered the other . " Well , they have decided to import a lot of monkeys to do the picking ...
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... heard her say , ' Send it up C. O. D. ' Isn't that where we live ? " An Englishman went into his local library and asked for Frederic Harrison's George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back the book ...
... heard her say , ' Send it up C. O. D. ' Isn't that where we live ? " An Englishman went into his local library and asked for Frederic Harrison's George Washington and other American Addresses . In a little while he brought back the book ...
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... heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not ...
... heard a piano , and , following the sound , came to a house on which was a sign reading : " Miss Jones . Piano lessons 25 cents an hour . " Pausing to listen he heard the young woman trying to play one of Chopin's nocturnes , and not ...
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