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L'avare. Comedie. Par Mons. de Moliere. The Miser. A comedy. New done into English from the French of Moliere. By Mr. Ozell. With the Original French opposite to the English; and Both more Correctly Printed than any that have yet appear'd. Highly Useful and Entertaining for the Learners of either Language.
Molière, 1622-1673.Date: M.DCC.XXXII [1732]- Books
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The holy Bible, or, the Old and New Testament, explained by question and answer, from the writings of the most eminent historians, divines, and commentators; Containing Many Useful and Entertaining Parts of Knowledge; and embellished with proper maps, neatly Engraved, and other Ornamental and Instructive Representations. Designed for the Promoting of Christian Knowledge.
Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- 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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The theatre of mirth; or, fun a-la-mode. 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, Humourous 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 design'd To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Senses, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Date: [1765?]- Books
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The theatre of fun, or, Roderick Random in high glee. Containing great Variety of Diverting Jests, Entertaining Stories, Pleasing Tales, Comical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Keen Waggeries, Brillant Bon Mois, Quaint Sayings, Queer Puns, Wonderful Frolicks, Droll Narrations, Merry Adventures, Puzzling Conundrums, Humourous 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: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Garrick's complete jester; or, a library of fun and laughter. Being a general repository of humour, wit, and entertainment. Consisting of Remarkable Tales, Extraordinary Adventures, Entertaining Histories, Pathetic Eastern Stories, Ingenious Bon Mots, Facetious Jests, Poignant Repartees, Choice Conundrums, &c. And every other Species of Humour, Wit, Instruction, and Entertainment. Calculated to Exhilarate the Spirits, to amend the Heart, and to improve the Understanding.
Date: [1779?]- Books
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The story teller's magazine, or, A library of laughter. Being a general repository of humour, wit, and entertainment. Consisting of Remarkable tales, Extraordinary adventures, Entertaining histories, Pathetic eastern stories, Ingenious bon mots, Facetious jests, Poignant repartees, Celebrated songs. And every other species of humour, wit, instruction, and entertainment. Calculated to exhilarate the spirits, to amend the heart, and to improve the understanding. By a Society of Jolly Fellows, who delight in Mirth, but detest all manner of obscenity. Vol. I.
Society of Jolly Fellows.Date: [1778?]- Books
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A catalogue of the libraries of J. Brown, late of Lincolns-Inn Esq; and of a Reverend Divine, lately Deceas'd. Consisting of a great Variety of curious Useful and Entertaining Books, in most Parts of polite Literature, as Divinity, Law, Physick, Surgery, Alchimy, Philosophy, Antiquities, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Nat. History, Dictionaries, Classics, History, Voyages, Travels, Poems, Plays, and Miscellanies, &c. Which will be Sold very Cheap (the Prices being printed in the Catalogue) at J. Torbuck's Shop, in Clare-Court, near Drury-Lane, on Monday the 1st of March at Nine in the Morning, and to continue till all are Sold. N. B. The Books are in excellent Condition, generally Gilt or Letter'd; and Gentlemen may depend they are mark'd 5 s. in the Pound cheaper than usually Sold. Gentlemen are desir'd to be Expeditious in sending their Commissions, the first taking Place. Catalogues to be had Gratis, at Mr. Osborn's in Pater-Noster-Row; Mr. Corbet's against St. Dunstan's-Church. Fleet-Street; Mr. Jolliffe's in St. James's-Street; at Alice's Coffee-House in Old Palace-Yard; and at the Place of Sale. Where may be had Ready Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, in any Language. Also Books appraised, or sold by Auction for the Use of the Proprietors, at Reasonable Rates.
Torbuck, John, Bookseller.Date: 1742]- Books
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Hocus pocus: or, the cabinet of legerdemain curiosities broke open. Being a choice collection of rare artificial tricks Entertaining and Diverting. To which is Added, The Artificial Jester, Compos'd for the Innocent Diversion of Youth. Read o're this Book and you may say, Your Money is not thrown away. By Richard Neve.
Neve, Richard.Date: 1721- Books
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The comic songster, or laughing companion: a collection of humourous, droll, laughable Ludicrous, Funny, Comic, Imitative, Entertaining. songs, compiled to raise mirth, being a genuine collection of such as are sung at the bucks, masons, albions, True Britons, Sons of Thespis, Beef Steak Clubs, True Blues, Sons of Comus, Anacreontics, Theatrical Geniusses. By their sons of humour Moody, Edwin, Wilson, Parsons, Edwin, Quick, Wilson, Bannister, &c. Many of which are Óriginals, and never before published. The whole compiled to promote Harmony and good Fellowship, to enliven the Heart, and raise a Laugh.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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Jack Smart's Merry jester: or, the wit's compleat treasury. Being a most Excellent Collection of Entertaining Jests, Curious Quibbles, Tart Repartees, Pleasant Tales, Smart Jokes, Comical Stories, Keen Waggeries, Modern Humbugs, Agreeable Adventures, And excellent Bulls. To which is added, a beautiful collection of entire new rebusses and riddles, comical Conundrums, stinging Epigrams, Acrostics, queer Epitaphs, jovial Songs, merry Tales, choice Fables, Pastorals, &c. &c. The whole of this Performance being nothing but Cream; and is entirely freed from all that old insipid Stuff, which abounds in most other Jesters; and is certainly the compleatest, merriest, and best Thing of the Kind every yet published.
Smart, Jack, Author of "Jack Smart's merry jester".Date: [1755?]- Books
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The new and complete British letter-writer; or, young secretary's instructor in polite modern letter-writing. Containing near Four Hundred Original, Plain, Easy, Instructive, and Entertaining Letters on the most useful and important Subjects, particularly Education, Business, Friendship, Love and Courtship, Marriage, Wit and Humour, Instruction, Advice, Compliments, Condolance, Religion and Morality, &c. &c. Together with Letters to and from Parents, Children, Brothers, Sisters, and other Relations, As well as on every other interesting Subject throughout Life. The whole calculated to enable the Reader to write Letters on all Occasions, without any further Instructions. With A Concise and Familiar English Grammar. To which are added, Directions for addressing Persons of all Ranks either in Writing or Discourse. And A Set of Genteel Complimentary Cards. Likewise The Petitioner's Instructor, Containing The Art of Writing Petitions to Superiors; Also Useful Forms of Law, as Wills, Bonds, &c. &c. And other instructive Articles, necessary to be known by all Persons. By David Fordyce, M.A.
Fordyce, David, 1711-1751.Date: [1790?]- 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 universal letter-writer: or, new art of polite correspondence. Containing a course of interesting original letters, ON The Most Important, Instructive, And Entertaining Subjects, Which May Serve AS Copies For Inditing Letters ON The Various Occurrences In Life: Particularly ON Advice, Affection, Affluence, Benevolence, Business, Children to Parents, Compliments, Condolence, Courtship, Diligence, Education, Fidelity, Folly, Friendship, Generosity, Happiness, Humanity, Humour, Industry, Justice, Love, Marriage, Masters to Servants, Modesty, Morality, Oeconomy, Parents to Children, Paternal Affection, Piety, Pleasure, Prodigality, Prudence, Religion, Retirement, Servants to Masters, Trade, Truth, Virtue, Wit, &c. And A Set Of AtComplimental Cards, Suited to the various Occasions on which an extraordinary Degree of Politeness should be observed. To which is added, the complete petitioner: Containing, Great Variety of Petitions on various Subjects, from Persons in low or middling States of Life, to those in higher Stations. Also, A New, Plain, and Easy Grammar Of At The English Language, And Directions for addressing Persons of all Ranks, either in Writing or Discourse. Likewise, Forms of Mortgages, Letters of Licence, Bonds, Indentures, Wills, Wills and Powers, Letters of Attorney, &c. &c. as they are now executed by Gentleman of distinguished Abilities in the Law. By the Rev. Thomas Cook, A. B. And one of the Authors of the New Royal and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
Cooke, Thomas, Rev., A.B.Date: M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]- 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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A new book of cyphers, more compleat and regular than any yet extant. Wherein the whole alphabet (twice over,) Consisting of Six Hundred Cyphers, is variously changed, interwoven and reversed. Being A Work very Entertaining to such as are Curious, and Useful to all sorts of Artificers in general. Compos'd and engrav'd by Samuel Sympson.
Sympson, Samuel.Date: [1726]- Books
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The capacity and extent of the human understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Automathes; a young nobleman, who was accidentally left in his infancy, upon a desolate island, and continued nineteen years in that solitary state, separate from all Human Society. A narrative Abounding with many surprizing Occurrences, both Useful and Entertaining to the Reader.
Kirkby, John, 1705-1754.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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The capacity and extent of the human understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Automathes; a young nobleman, who was accidentally left in his infancy, upon a desolate island, and continued nineteen years in that solitary state, separate from All Human Society. A narrative Abounding with many surprizing Occurrences, both Useful and Entertaining to the Reader.
Kirkby, John, 1705-1754.Date: M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]- Books
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A collection of poems upon various occasions. By Mr. Bernard Clarke. Never before printed. Numb. I. To which is added, an epistolary correspendence, with a lady of singular wit and humour. *** The Author hopes the Work will prove Entertaining to his Subscribers, as many Gentlemen of Taste, give him Reason to hope the Approbation of the Public.
Clarke, Bernard.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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The capacity and extent of the human understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Automathes; a young nobleman, who was accidentally left in his infancy, upon a desolate island, and continued nineteen years in that solitary state, separate from all Human Society. A narrative, Abounding with many surprizing Occurrencrs, both Useful and Entertaining to the Reader.
Kirkby, John, 1705-1754.Date: M,DCC,XLVI. [1746]- Books
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An Entertaining account of all the countries of the known world: Describing the different religions, habits, tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures, of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiosities, amongst them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of strange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, &c. Adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the habits of the several people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, &c. All curiously engraved.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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An Entertaining account of all the countries of the known world: Describing the different religions, habits, tempers, customs, traffick, and manufactures, of their inhabitants; the remarkable curiosities, amongst them, either of art, or nature; the great variety of strange land and sea-animals; extraordinary plants, minerals, &c. Adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the habits of the several people, uncommon animals, ceremonies, buildings, &c. All curiously engraved.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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A new method of learning the Italian tongue. Translated from the French of Messieurs de Port Royal. To which are added, I. An Italian Vocabulary. II. Choice Italian Phrases. III. Familiar Dialogues. IV. Entertaining Stories. V. Italian Proverbs. VI. Extracts from the best Italian Poets. Vii. Examples of Ceremonial and Mercantile Letters. With The Accents of the Italian Words, To facilitate the Pronunciation to Foreigners. By an Italian master.
Lancelot, Claude, 1615?-1695.Date: M.DCC.L. [1750]- Books
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The history and memoirs of John Lidwill, eldest son of Thomas Lidwill, Esq. late of Clonmore, in the county of Tipperary; containing an account of his industry, experiments, and success; His Travels, Observations, and Providential Escapes; Also, his Misfortunes, Vicissitudes, Sufferings, and Losses, interspersed with a Variety of other Occurrences Useful and Entertaining, from his Birth to his Present Age of near Sixty Years. Written and selling by himself.
Lidwill, John.Date: May 18[00?]- Books
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The modern poetasters: or, directors no conjurers. A farce. On the famous ode writers, satyrists, panegyrists, &c. of the present times; and their Patrons, &c. with The Character, and True Picture, of a late Director, and some Others. and An Entertaining Original Scene of Mother W-yb-n's Theatre, as Acted in the Hundreds of Drury, by several Poets, Directors, &c. Also an epilogue on the Times. Written by Isaac Bickerstaff, jun. Esq;
Bickerstaff, Isaac, Jun.Date: [1721]