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Marshall’s only thwarted ambition, Adams and others say, was to become a successful humorist, a Will Rogers type or a comedy writer for Letterman.
THE FUNNY MANJVERSTEEGHJANUARY 11, 2022OUTSIDE ONLINEThe same could be said for the wits and humorists that preceded him, such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley and Ring Lardner.
S.J. PERELMAN WAS A MASTER OF COMEDY. NEARLY A CENTURY LATER, HIS WORK STILL DELIVERS LAUGHS.DONALD LIEBENSONAUGUST 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMore than a century ago, the humorist Finley Peter Dunne quipped sarcastically that the “Supreme Court follows the election returns.”
BEYOND COURT PACKING: THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALWAYS BEEN POLITICALJAMES D. ZIRINNOVEMBER 2, 2020TIMEThe humorist and satirist lost no opportunity of deriding the new fashion and its followers.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE"He is the great unconscious humorist of modern art, also a great etcher," said Isabel, dryly.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONWe possessed about sixty drawings, sketches, aquarelles of this humorist, and we gave some of them to the poet.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIERThe air was dark with flying cushions, and darker still, occasionally, when the usual humorist turned the gas out.
THE GOLD BATP. G. WODEHOUSEIt was first known as Pilsbury; then some humorist dubbed it Fliptown.
OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO ALASKACHARLES WARREN STODDARDAlthough I always regarded myself as a humorist, the impression I made on my comrades was that of a serious and religious fellow.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISWORDS RELATED TO HUMORIST
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