The Autocrat of the Breakfast-tableW. Paterson, 1858 - 279 pages |
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... laughed a good deal , and the old gentleman who sits opposite said , " That's it ! that's it ! " I continued , for I was in the talking vein . As to clever people's hating each other , I think a little extra talent does sometimes make ...
... laughed a good deal , and the old gentleman who sits opposite said , " That's it ! that's it ! " I continued , for I was in the talking vein . As to clever people's hating each other , I think a little extra talent does sometimes make ...
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... laughter , which is the end of the other . A pun is primâ facie an insult to the person you are talking with . It implies utter indifference to or sublime contempt for his remarks , no matter how serious . I speak of total depravity ...
... laughter , which is the end of the other . A pun is primâ facie an insult to the person you are talking with . It implies utter indifference to or sublime contempt for his remarks , no matter how serious . I speak of total depravity ...
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... laughed through the vines . scowl howl scoff sneer Then a smile , and a glass , and a toast , and a cheer ... laughs for us all !! The company said I had been shabbily treated , and advised me to charge the committee double , —which I ...
... laughed through the vines . scowl howl scoff sneer Then a smile , and a glass , and a toast , and a cheer ... laughs for us all !! The company said I had been shabbily treated , and advised me to charge the committee double , —which I ...
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... laugh over that as much as you like — in private . -Wonder why authors and actors are ashamed of being funny ? —Why ... laughs . The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession . If you want the deep underlying reason , I ...
... laugh over that as much as you like — in private . -Wonder why authors and actors are ashamed of being funny ? —Why ... laughs . The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession . If you want the deep underlying reason , I ...
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... laugh , if you will , at the poor old man's delusion ; but don't forget that the youth was the greater fool of the two , and that his master served such a booby rightly in turn- ing him out of doors . -You need not get up a rebellion ...
... laugh , if you will , at the poor old man's delusion ; but don't forget that the youth was the greater fool of the two , and that his master served such a booby rightly in turn- ing him out of doors . -You need not get up a rebellion ...
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