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Thoughts on laughter and observations on the fable of the bees. In six letters. By Francis Hutcheson LL.D. professor of philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

Mirth in ridicule: or, a satyr against immoderate laughing. Containing the follies too often found in a sea-officer, land-officer, courtier, lawyer, priest, Merchant, Scholar, Poet, Miser, The Ladies, A Maid, Strumpet, Beau, Gamester, Quack, Plotter, and a libertine.

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Laughter - Early works to 1800

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Thoughts on laughter and observations on the fable of the bees. In six letters. By Francis Hutcheson LL.D. professor of philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

Mirth in ridicule: or, a satyr against immoderate laughing. Containing the follies too often found in a sea-officer, land-officer, courtier, lawyer, priest, Merchant, Scholar, Poet, Miser, The Ladies, A Maid, Strumpet, Beau, Gamester, Quack, Plotter, and a libertine.