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Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1789 - Humor

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    An Improved edition of the songs in the burletta of Midas, adapted to the times.

    | Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
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    An Improved edition of the songs in the burletta of Midas, adapted to the times.

    | Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]
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    The death and dissection, funeral procession and will, of Mrs. Regency. Revised, corrected, altered, added to, and considerably amended, by the author. A Variety of New Characters are introduced in the Procession, several Burlesque Dirges added, that did not appear in the first Publication, and the hiatus filled up, by making complete the Pindaric. With some original observations on the immediate consequences of this surprising death; and an address to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

    | Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
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    The macaroni jester, and pantheon of wit; containing all that has lately transpired in the regions of politeness, whim, and novelty. Including A singular Variety of Jests, Witticisms, Bon-Mots, Conundrums, Toasts, Acrosticks, &c. - with Epigrams and Epitaphs, of the laughable Kind, and Strokes of Humour hitherto unequalled; which have never appeared in a Book of the Kind.

    Cooke, John, 1731-1810. | Date: [1773?]
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    An heroic epistle, from Kitty cut-a-dash to Oroonoko.

    Cut-a-dash, Kitty. | Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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