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Page xiii
... lady in whose honor the company drank , her name serving to flavor the bumper as the toast flavored the drink . It was in this way that the act of drinking or of proposing a health , or the mere act of expressing good wishes or ...
... lady in whose honor the company drank , her name serving to flavor the bumper as the toast flavored the drink . It was in this way that the act of drinking or of proposing a health , or the mere act of expressing good wishes or ...
Page xvii
... There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front . If you bore your hearers by overstepping your time politeness requires that they sit still and look pleased TOASTERS AND TOASTS xvii.
... There is no oppor- tunity for a quiet nod or two behind a newspaper or the hat of the lady in front . If you bore your hearers by overstepping your time politeness requires that they sit still and look pleased TOASTERS AND TOASTS xvii.
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... lady from Guam , Who said , " Now the sea is so calm I will swim , for a lark " ; But she met with a shark . Let us now sing the ninetieth psalm . BRICKLAYER ( to mate , who had just had a hodful of bricks fall on his feet ) - " Dropt ...
... lady from Guam , Who said , " Now the sea is so calm I will swim , for a lark " ; But she met with a shark . Let us now sing the ninetieth psalm . BRICKLAYER ( to mate , who had just had a hodful of bricks fall on his feet ) - " Dropt ...
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... lady named Hannahı , Who slipped on a peel of banana . More stars she espied As she lay on her side Than are found in the Star Spangled Banner . A gentleman sprang to assist her ; He picked up her glove and her wrister ; " Did you fall ...
... lady named Hannahı , Who slipped on a peel of banana . More stars she espied As she lay on her side Than are found in the Star Spangled Banner . A gentleman sprang to assist her ; He picked up her glove and her wrister ; " Did you fall ...
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... lady lives the same place we do . I just 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 ...
... lady lives the same place we do . I just 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 ...
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