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Wit and humor - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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The merry jester. Containing great variety of comical jests, keen waggeries, smart repartees, funny tales, brilliant bon mots, queer puns, whimsical bulls, merry humbugs, droll sayings, wonderful stories, strange whims, humourous frolicks, polite witticisms and strokes of humour. By Robert Baker.
Baker, Robert, active 1766.Date: [1773?]- Books
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The Wag: or, Life of humour, and the soul of whim. Containing, jests, epigrams, epitaphs, repartees, bon mots, bulls, quibbles, puns, jokes, gibes, gambols, and other flashes of merriment, to banish melancholy, dissipate gloomy thoughts, and set the table on a roar. Being the second part of the Merry Andrew.
Date: 1773- Books
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The Merry jester, or, The rakes pocket companion. Containing a collection of comical and diverting jests. To which is added the fifteen plagues of a maidenhead, and the virgin's dream.
Date: Printed in the year 1771- Books
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Laugh when you can; or, the monstrous droll jester. Containing the best collection of jests, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Irish Bulls, Comical Humbugs, bon Mots, &c. Ever Published. To which is added, The benevolent jew, as recited at the Royalty Theatre.
Date: [1795?]- Books
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The Merry pranks of Tom Tram, son-in-law to Mother Winter To which is added, his comical jesis, odd conceits, and pleasant tales, being very delightful to read.
Date: 1750?]