The English author，Richard Savage，was once living inLondon in great poverty．In order to earn a little money he hadwritten the story of his life，but no...
One day a man was taunting Alexandre Dumas，the greatFrench novelist，with his ancestry． Why，” snarled the fellow，you are a quadroon；yourfather wa...
George Ⅲ asked the once wellknown wit， Horne Tooke，whether he could play cards． Your Majesty，” replied Tooke， I am a mere childwhere cards are c...
Creighton was going along a West End square when hesaw a little fellow trying to reach the knocker of a large house． Can't you reach up so high？&r...
The great painter was asked，one day to paint a picture ofPharaoh crossing the Red Sea”．A little while after the picture had been commenced，a hit...
Wilberforce stood for Parliament on one occasion， and hissister helped him with his election campaign． The Bribery andCorruption Acts had not been fra...
When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two,"...
A male crab met a female crab and asked her to marry him. She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is...
The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs f...
I asked a colleague of mine how he liked the shirt his daughter had given him as a gift. "The color and the design are nice," he said. "...