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Table-talk - Early works to 1800
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Joe Miller's jests, or, Wit's merry companion. Most humbly inscribed to all the choice spirits, merry souls, and facetious companions, of the age. Being a collection of the most brilliant jests, excellent bon mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; many of them trascribed from the mouth of the fecetious gentleman whose name they bear. Which will expel care, drown grief, banish the spleen, improve the wit, create mirth, entertain company, and give the reader a light heart and a chearful countenance. The whole teaching the agreeable art of story telling, and furnishing pieces of wit of wit for the amusement of both sexes.
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738Date: [1800?]- Books
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Seldeniana, or the table-talk of John Selden, Esq; Being his sense of various matters of Weight and high Consequence; relating especially to religion and state.
Selden, John, 1584-1654.Date: [1798]- Books
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The schoolmaster or teacher of table phylosophie : A most pleasant and merie companion, well worthy to be welcomed (for a dayly gheast) not onelye to all mens boorde, to guide them with moderate and holsome dyet: but also into every mans companie at all tymes, to recreat their mindes, with honest mirth and delectable devises: to sundry pleasant purposes of pleasure and pastyme. Gathered out of diuers, the best approued aucthors: and deuided into foure pithy and pleasant treatises, as it may appeare by the contentes.
Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613Date: 1583