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The British Apollo: containing two thousand answers to curious questions in most arts and sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous, approved of by many of the most learned and ingenious of both universities, and of the Royal-Society. Perform'd by a Society of gentlemen. In three volumes.
Date: M,DCC,XXVI. [1726]- Books
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The British Apollo: in three volumes. Containing two thousand answers to curious questions in most arts and sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous; approved of by many of the most learned and ingenious of both universities, and of the Royal society. Perform'd by a society of gentlemen.
Date: MDCCXL. [1740]- Books
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The new London city jester; or a banquet of wit, mirth, and fancy. Calculated for the entertainment and amusement of both sexes; including all the fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Bon Mots, Conundrums, Irish Bulls, Comical Humbugs, Droll Narrations, Smart Repartees, New Adventures, Funny Epitaphs, and Witticisms, &c. &c.
Date: 1794- Books
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The new London city jester; or, a banquet of wit, mirth, and fancy. Calculated for the entertainment and amusement of both sexes. Including All The Fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Bon Mots, Conundrums, Irish Bulls, Comical Humbugs, Droll Narrations, Smart Repartees, New Adventures, Funny Epitaphs, And Witticisms, &c. &c.
Date: [1797]- Books
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The whimsical jester, or, Rochester in high glee. Containing great variety of diverting jests, Entertaining Stories, Pleasing Tales, Comical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Keen Waggeries, Brilliant Bon Mots, Quaint Sayings, Queer Puns, Wonderful Frolicks, Droll Narrations, Merry Adventures, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, Funny Rebusses, Whimsical Epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Odd Letters, &c. exhibited upon The Great Stage of the World, by those Choice Spirits and Droll Characters, who excite mirth improve the Understanding, and give a Relish to Life. The Whole being designed, To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Senses, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Tom Gay's Comical jester, or The wit's merry medley, refin'd; being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny joaks, merry stories, Humorous Adventures, Pleasant Tales, Strange Frolics, Smart Repartees, Witty Quibbles, Irish-Bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, A curious Collection of New Conundrums, Rebusses and Riddles, sharp Epigrams, droll Epitaphs, amorous Poems, Songs, Fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that Dulness which infests most other Jest-Books and is calculated to kill Care, banish Sorrow, promote Mirth, crack the Sides, chear the Heart, and prove an everlasting Cordial for Low Spirits.
Gay, Tom.Date: 1765- Books
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Peter Cunningham's New jest book; or, modern high life below stairs. Containing The Newest, Drollest, Queerest, Compleatest, most Comical, most Facetious, and best Collection (ever offered to the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland) Of AtDiverting Jests, Funny Jokes, Frolicksome Stories, Humorous Sayings, Entertaining Tales, Lively Bonmots, Pleasant Adventures, Keen Repartees, Merry Waggartes, Excellent Puns, Curious Bulls, Irish, Scotch, and English; Smart Quibbles, Agreeable Humbugs, Witty Gibes, and other Flashes of Merriment. To Which Are Added, The following humorous and agreeable Articles, viz. New, Merry, and Ingenious Conundrums, Rebusses, Riddles, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Poems, Acrosties, and other Witticisms. Together With An entire new Selection of Toasts, Sentiments, Hobnobs, &c. at this Time used in the best Companies in London and Westminster. Calculated for both Sexes, to kill Care, to banish Sorrow, and to promote Mirth, Fun, Jollity, and Good Humour: Almost the Whole of this Work being really New, and written on Purpose, by Peter Cunningham, Esq; Professor of Drollery at Oxford; assisted by Bet Rigby, President of a Club of Female Wits in the Haymarket. Would you be eas'd of Care and Grief; Here shall you find a sweet Relief; Read, and you'll find in ev'ry Page, True Wit and Humour to engage.
Cunningham, Peter, Professor of Drollery at Oxford.Date: [1780?]- Books
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The merry miscellany. Being the second part of Daniel Gunston's jests, &c. or, a new collection of diverting jests, &c. OR, A New Collection Of Diverting Jests, Cornical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Quaint Saying, Queer Puns, merry adventures, in part I. whimsical epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Funny Rebulses, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, comical questions. In part II. Many Originals, never printed before. The Whole being designed To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Spirits, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Gunston, Daniel.Date: 1780- Books
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Miscellaneous works, in verse and prose, of Mr. John Bancks. Consisting of Odes, Songs, &c. sacred to Love, Friendship, and Devotion. Tales and Fables, Humorous, Moral, and Satirical. Epistles, Ethic, Amorous, and Familiar. Epigrams, and other Occasional Poems. Essays in Literature, Theology, and Criticism. Adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with notes. ...
Bancks, John, 1709-1751.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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The merry Andrew: being the smartest collection ever yet published, of elegant repartees, Brilliant Jests, Ridiculous Bulls, Comical Tales, Facetious Epigrams, Humorous Epitaphs, Droll Jokes, Profound Riddles. and second hand conundrums. This Book is the Quintessence of Wit, the Source of Fun, the Original of Laughter, and the Perfection of true Humour. By Ferdinando Funny, Esq; M. M. And Professor of Drollery in the University of Humbug.
Funny, Ferdinando.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Merryfield's jests; or, wit's companion. Containing All the Fun and all the Humour, all the Learning, and all the Judgment, which have lately flowed from the Universities, the Theatres, from the Beef Steak Club, from the Spouting Clubs, and Choice Spirits Clubs. Containing all the fashionable jests, epigrams, comical humbugs, Droll Narrations, Humorous Jokes, Merry Tales, Witty Sayings. Smart Repartees. New Adventures, Bon Mots, Irish Bulls, Witticisms. 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 cheerful countenance.
Date: 1795- Books
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Mother Midnight's comical pocket-book: or, a bone for the criticks. Being a sure and certain cure for the hip. Containing the nicest and largest Dish of Novelties, That ever was Seen-Heard-Smelt-or Tasted; Carefully Cook'd-up by Mother Midnight's merry Grandson; Containing Nothing but Originals, all very Humorous, prodigious Satyrical, and quite Uncommon; Informing the Publick, that this Dish of Dishes Was wrote in an uncommon Place, at an uncommon Time, by an uncommon Hand, Humphrey Humdrum, Esq;
Humdrum, Humphrey.Date: [1753]- Books
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The mirrour: or, letters Satyrical, Panegyrical, Serious and Humorous, on the Present Times. Shewing The great Improvement of Wit, Poetry and Learning, of Arts and Sciences, natural Phylosophy, the Law, Physick, Religion, Morality, modern Greatness, Dress, Fashions, &c. To which is added A legal Conviction of Mr. Alexander Pope of Dulness and Scandal, in the high Court of Parnassus.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: 1733- Books
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The muse's vagaries; or, the merry mortal's companion. Consisting of facetious tales, satirical jokes, diverting letters, Comical Songs, Humorous Epigrams, Whimsical Wills, Epitaphs, &c. &c. &c. &c. The whole calculated to create Mirth and good Humour; to cure the Spleen and expel Vapours; drive away Sorrow; and increase the Diversion of all the Merry Fellows, Honest Hearts, and Jovial Souls round about the Wrekin. By Sir Solomon Gundy, Knt. and Margery Merrypin, spinster.
Gundy, Solomon, Sir.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The merry fellow; or, jovial companion: being the wit's pocket-book and entertaining magazine of Pleasant Adventures Brilliant Jests, Comic Tules, Smart Puns, Droll Quibbles, English Bulls. Exquisice Epigrams Humorous Epitaphs Ingenious Novels, Recreative Riddles Keen Repairees, Jocund Whims, Risible Jokes, Amorous Pastorals Amusing Fables, Excellent Poems, Diverting Stories, Facetious Songs, Chearful Dialogues, Arch Questions, Ludicious Speeches, Gay Letters, Witty Reflexions, Characters, &c. &c. The whole designed, To prevent the Spleen, banish Melancholy, and expel from the Heart those malignant and sullen Humours which destroy the Harmony of social Life. By Luke Lively, gent.
Lively, Luke.Date: 1757- Books
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Yorick's jests: being a new collection of jokes, witticisms, bon mots, and anecdotes, of the genuine sons of wit and humour of the last and present age. Containing A great Number of Humorous, Diverting, and Entertaining Jests and Stories, never before published in a Book of this Kind. To which are added, A New and Choice Selection of Poems, Fables, Tales, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Riddles, Rebuses, and Enigmas; And A Complete Collection of the most fashionable and favourite Toasts, Sentiments, and Hob Nobs, now in Vogue. The whole being intended as an antidote for the spleen, vapours, and melancholy.
Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Archives and manuscripts
The Rejuvenation of Grandpa by Lily Pike, pamphlet in 'The "Yorkshire Series" of Humorous Dialogues, sketches and Recitations Suitable for Sunday School and Band of Hope Entertainments', (John Blackburn Ltd., Publishers, 232 Cardigan Road, Leeds), with author's note to Cantlie that the sketch was inspired by accounts of the his physical drill classes, dated Oct 1924.
Date: 1924Reference: MS.7941/11Part of: Cantlie, Sir James, F.R.C.S. (1851-1926)- Books
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The butiad, or political register; being a supplement to the British antidote to Caledonian poison. Containing forty-three of the most Humorous political prints; Interspersed with a Great Variety of Songs, Letters, Remarks, Extracts, Epigrams, &c. &c. &c. None of which are inserted in the British Antidote. To which is prefixed, an Explanation of every particular Print. The Whole Calculated to entertain, and at the same Time give the Reader a concise View of the Posture of Political Affairs, during the remarkable Years 1762 and 1763.
Date: 1763- Books
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Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or miscellaneous recreations: containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims, And Observations on select subjects of general Utility; with a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments: including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. Together with about Seven Hundred Serious, Comic, and Humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. with pertinent and ingenious answers, comprising the essence of The Lady's, Gentleman's, and Carnan's Diaries,-Martin's Philosophical Magazines,-Ozanam and Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with copper-plate engravings.) To which is added a great number of originals. Likewise an appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove light and heat two distinct beings; With some curious definitions in optics.
Gale, John, active 18th century-19th century.Date: M,DCCC. [1800]- Books
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Gale's cabinet of knowledge; or miscellaneous recreations. Containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural and metaphysical maxims. And Observations on select subjects of general Utility. With a series of easy, entertaining, and interesting mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments. Including the most celebrated card deceptions ever exhibited. together with about seven hundred serious, comical, and Humorous Queries, Paradoxes, &c. &c. With pertinent and ingenious answers. Being the Essence taken from The Lady's, Gentleman's, & Carnan's Diaries-Martin's Philosophical Magazines-Ozanam & Hooper's Recreations, &c. &c. (illustrated with Copper-Plate Engravings.) To which are added a great number of originals. Likewise, An appendix; containing various propositions tending to prove Light and Heat two distinct beings. With some curious definitions in Optics.
Gale, John, active 18th century-19th century.Date: 1797- Books
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The merry quack doctor; or, The fun box broke Open. Containing an entire Spick and Span new and curious collection of Brilliant Jests, Frolicksome Joaks, Witty Quibbles, Arch Waggeries, Humorous Adventures. Smart Repartees, Queer Puns, Funny Stories, Irish Bulls, and Entertaining Humbugs. To which is added, A choice Collection of Conundrums, Riddles, Rebusses, jovial Songs, sharp Epigrams, droll Epitaphs, amorous Poems, &c. The Whole containing a great Variety of High Fun and Good Fellowship, calculated to promote Mirth in all its entertaining Branches, by laughing Care out of Countenance. By Tom Killegrew, Junior. President of the Wits Club, in Piccadilly, and great ... to the Famous Killegrow, Jester to King Charles the second, of Merry Memory.
Killegrew, Tom.Date: [1775?]- Books
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The pocket remembrancer: or, historical and entertaining anecdotes; being a new and elegant assemblage of the most ingenious sallies of wit, Lively Efdusions Of Fancy, Interesting Portraits Of Virtue And Vice, Humorous Adventures, Whimsical Expedients, wise sayings, pleasing stories, memorable actions, &c. of poets, generals, statesmen, and philosophers, which occur in the annals of ancient and modern history. The Whole Calculated to reflect, in their proper Colours, the various Effects of Virtue and of Vice, of Wisdom and of Folly, as they have from Time to Time been displayed on the grand Theatre of the World; to store the Mind with a Variety of useful and agreeable Knowledge; and thereby, without Trouble or Expence, to qualify the Reader to converse with Care and Propriety, and to shine in the politest Companies.
Date: 1800- Books
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Sir John Fielding's jests; or, new fun for the parlour and kitchen: being The Smartest, Wittiest, and Drollest Collection of Original Jests, Jokes, Repartees, &c. ever yet published. Containing, Particularly the following Facetious and Merry Variety, viz. The Newest Jests Lively Puns Most Poignant Repartees, Choice Bonmots, Strange Blunders, Humorous Adventures Pleasant Tales, New Conundrums, Puzzling Riddles, Queer Sayings, Comical Hobnobs, Laughable Anecdotes, Droll Stories, Best Rebusses, Most curious Epitaphs, Keen and Satyrical Epigrams, Approved Aenigmas, Irish Bulls, Witty Quibbles, Diverting Acrostics, Arch Waggaries, Temporary Squibs, Merry Poems, and Other Wittieisms, &c. &c. Among which are particularly noticed all those jokes that have passed upon various examinations at the Public office, before the late Sir John Fielding and other Magistrates , and which have occasioned even Justice itself to relax and give Countenance to a Smile. The whole Carefully transcribed from Original Manuscript Remarks, and Notes made on such Occasions, and at the Shakespeare, Bedford Arms, and Rose Taverns; Bedford and Piazza Coffee Houses; Jupps, and other Places of Evening Entertainment and Convivial Mirth, near Covent-Garden; where the above Celebrated Genius and his Jovial Companions (the drollest Wits of the present Age) usually met to Kill Care and promote the Practice of Mirth and Good Humour. Compiled by a Justice of the Peace.
Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780.Date: [1781]- Books
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(second night.) With considerable alterations & additions. The Exhibition, dramatic - brush, Royal procession, &c. was received on Wednesday Evening by a numerous and genteel Audience, with universal Approbation. To the Lovers of Novelty, Whim, and Humour. At the Bell Great-Room, in Brecon, On Friday Evening, December 4th, 1789, Will be presented, A Humorous, Pleasant, and Whimsical Exhibition of the Times: Or, as you like it. By Mrs. Hudson, (from the Royalty-Theatre, London; but last from Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, &c.) Consisting of Music, Recitations, Imitations, Emblems and Caricatures, Original, Moral, Political and Satirical. In part the first, Will be introduced a variety of Striking Likenesses, or Characteristic Busts and Paintings, executed by an able Artist, and descanted upon with Humour and Sentiment, interspersed with some Serious and Comic Subjects from the Lecture on Heads, as altered by Pilon, and performed at the Royalty Theatre upwards of Seventy Nights. The first Part to conclude with the Bust of that brave Roman General, Belisarius, and the universally admired song of ̀̀date Obolum Belisario,'' by Mr. Hudson. Part Second, The dramatic brush, (with alterations and additions.) For rubbing off the rust of care, And Smoothing the Wrinkled Brow of Melancholy. As performed by Mrs. Hudson, in London last Summer, upwards of fifty nights. The second Part to conclude with the Bust of Shakspeare, and the favourite song of ̀̀the Seven Ages, or Stage Play of Human Life,'' by Mr. Hudson. Part Third, The Humours of the Times: Or, The World as it goes. In which will be introduced several laughable Characters of the present Age, &c. To conclude with a Favourite song, by Mr. Hudson. The whole to conclude with A new and grand Spectacle, in Commemoration of the King's happy Recovery, in which will be introduced, A complete and exact Representation of the Royal Procession to St. Paul's, On St. George's Day, as it moved on between Temple-Bar and Ludgate-Hill, And performed in London last Summer upwards of One Hundred and Thirty Nights. The Scenery, Machinery, and Decorations entirely New, and executed in the most masterly Style, by Two of the first Artists in London. - To close with ̀̀god save the King!'' - Tickets to be had at the principal Inns; at the Printing-Office; and at the Bell. Pit 2s. - Gallery 1s. - The Doors to be opened at Half after Five, and to begin at Half after Six O'Clock. - This Spacious large Room is elegantly fitted up with proper Scenery, a Stage, and every Decoration necessary to form a complete Theatre; - And the ladies and gentlemen of Brecon, and its Vicinity, are respectfully informed, that neither Pains or Expence have been wanting to render the above Amusements worthy their Patronage and Encouragement.
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The new London jester; or a complete fund of mirth, and good-humour. Containing A Complete, Rational, Merry, Diverting, and Humorous Collection of Agreeable Entertainment for Winter Evenings and a Leisure Hour. Among the Originals which chiefly compose this Work, and which are the Productions of the first Geniuses of the present Age, will be found the greatest and best selected Variety of Good Sayings Witty Jests Bon Mots Repartees Jokes Puns Bulls Quibbles Tales Stories Adventures Narrations Anecdotes Waggeries Double Entendres Hob Nobs Whims Frolics Humbugs Witticisms Fables Smart Observavations. Ingenious Flights, &c. &c. &c. Likewise, Excellent Conundrums, Epigrams, Rebusses, Epitaphs, Merry Poems, &c. And a Capital List of the best Toasts and Sentiments: Together with the complete English songster; Being a Choice Collection of the most esteemed Songs sung at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, the London Theatres, and other Assemblies, throughout the Kingdom.
Date: [1795]