Humor: Its Theory and Technique, with Examples and Samples; a Book of Discovery, Volumen10Dodd, Mead, 1935 - 268 páginas |
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... . Then Lincoln laid the little book aside , and told the Cabinet that he had made a " promise to his Maker " which he proposed now to fulfil . With that he read aloud his proclamation for the emancipation of the FUN WITH WORDS 25.
... . Then Lincoln laid the little book aside , and told the Cabinet that he had made a " promise to his Maker " which he proposed now to fulfil . With that he read aloud his proclamation for the emancipation of the FUN WITH WORDS 25.
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... told a reporter that he confidently looked forward to seeing the time when every edu- cated man would understand Gaelic . Then he added that he was aware that it would take centuries to ac- complish . A policeman went up to a loafer in ...
... told a reporter that he confidently looked forward to seeing the time when every edu- cated man would understand Gaelic . Then he added that he was aware that it would take centuries to ac- complish . A policeman went up to a loafer in ...
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... told one another very funny stories - there being no ladies present - but they didn't write them down . When they took up their pens they were dreary enough ; the nearest they could get to fun was a Latin ana- gram or acrostic , or some ...
... told one another very funny stories - there being no ladies present - but they didn't write them down . When they took up their pens they were dreary enough ; the nearest they could get to fun was a Latin ana- gram or acrostic , or some ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
FUN WITH WORDS | 16 |
PARODY BURLESQUE AND MISTRANSLATION | 42 |
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