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The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
Davis, George Gibson.Date: [1911]- 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: [1754?]- Books
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The polite companion; or, wit a-la-mode. Adapted to the Recreation of all Ranks and Degrees, from the Prince to the Peasant. Including a rich variety of comical jests, smart epigrams, diverting rildles, [sic] humorous, serious, and elegant Monumental Inscriptions, merry Tales, and entertaining Stories. interspersed with instructive narratives, affecting examples, wise Maxims and Precepts, and [s]age Remarks. The Whole tending to promote innocent Mirth and pleasant Conversation.
Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. Illustrated with copper plates.
Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote, de la Mancha. With the humorous conceits of his facetious squire Sancho Panca. Abridged.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
Face it! : the sensibly humorous guide on how to be young, disabled and on the ball / by Freddy Bloom ; illustrations by Larry.
Bloom, Freddy.Date: [1981], ©1981- Books
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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. Illustrated with copper plates.
Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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A collection of old ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous. Illustrated with copper plates.
Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- Books
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The Midwife's politics, or Gossip's chronicle, of the affairs of Europe: consisting of a variety of witty and humorous tales, fables, songs, and epigrams.
Date: 1782- Books
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The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern. Panegyrical, satyrical, amorous, moral, humorous, monumental, with an essay on that species of composition / [Anon].
Date: 1767- Books
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Common sense: or, The Englishman's journal. Being a collection of letters, political, humorous, and moral; publish'd weekly under that title, for the first year.
Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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Bouquet: or Cluster of sweets. Being a collection of panegyrical, satyrical, amorous, moral, humorous, and monumental epigrams. With an essay on that species of composition.
Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The wind in the east. Or, Prithee friend keep back. An ominous warning. A humorous ballad. By a sailor on board the S---ness fleet.
Sailor on Board the S----ness Fleet.Date: M,DCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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The comical adventures of Mr Jas. Spiller, comedian, at Epsom, in England. A true humorous tale. To which is added, the pleasant story of Obadiah Mousetrap.
Date: [1800?]- Pictures
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Science: a parody frontispiece to the Penny Magazine, with humorous representations of the "March of intellect" movement. Lithograph by G. Davies, 1832, after C.J. Grant.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1832Reference: 46967i- Books
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A supplement to the works of Peter Pindar, Esq. Being a select collection of humorous poems which have appeared under the signature of Matthew Bramble, Esq.
M'Donald, A. (Andrew), 1755?-1790.Date: [1797]- Books
Adverts of modern medicine makers : humorous patter song / composed by Allan Milne ; written and sung by Fred Rome ; sung also by Will Edwards.
Milne, Allan.Date: [Between 1910 and 1919?]- Books
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Ben Johnson's jests: or the wit's pocket companion. Being a new collection of the most ingenious jests, diverting Stories, pleasant Jokes, smart Repartees, excellent Puns, wise Sayings, witty Quibbles, and ridiculous Bulls. To Which IS Added, A Choice Collection of the newest Condndrums, best Riddles, entertaining Rebusses, satirical Epigrams, humorous Epitaphs, facetious Dialogues, merry Tales, jovial Songs, Fables, &c. &c. &c.
Date: Printed in the Year, MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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The conjurer; or Metamorphoses of Pride and Humility: an humorous Poetical Tale: Intended as a Moral Entertainment for both Sexes in their Youth, as well as a Diversion for Those in Riper Years. Decorated with 23 Copper Plates elegantly Engrav'd. From Study sometimes Thoughts shou'd be unbent, To laugh at Stories - if they're innocent.
Date: [1770?]- Books
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A comi-Farci-Operatical humorous and political burlesque scene between the King and Queen of Spain, an English sailor, and Farinelli, on the Present Posture of affairs.
Date: 1741- Books
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The Prisoners opera: As it is acted in London. With the humours of Rag-Fair and Monmouth-Street. To which are added, [se]veral new humorous songs.
Date: 1731- Books
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Tom gay's comical Jester, or The wit's merry medley; Being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny jokes, merry stories, humorous adventures, pleasant tales, 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 infects most other jest books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, choar the heart, and prove an everlasting gordial for low spirits.
Gay, Tom.Date: [1770?]- Books
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The Merry Andrew: Being the smartest collection every 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: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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Ben Johnson's jests: or, the wit's pocket-companion. Being a new collection of the most ingenious jests, diverting Stories, pleasant Jokes, small Repartees, excellent Puns, wise Sayings, witty Quibbles, and ridiculous Bulls. To Which IS Added, A choice Collection of the newest Conundrums, best Riddles, entertaining Rebuses, satirical Epigrams, humorous Epitaphs, facetious Dialogues, merry Tales, jovial Songs, Fables, &c. &c. &c.
Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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The universal jester: or, a pocket companion for the wits. Being a choice collection of merry conceits, facetious Drolleries, humorous Waggeries, smart Repartees, pleasant Jokes, Clenchers, Closures, Bon Mots, and Humbugs; comic Stories, notable Puns, witty Quibbles, and ridiculous Bulls. To which are added, Mr. Puzzlewit's gimcracks; or, A long String of out-o'th'-way Conundrums, diverting Rebusses, poignant Epigrams, odd and uncommon Epitaphs, &c. &c. All calculated to promote inoffensive Mirth, and divert good Company with Elegance and Taste. Containing more in Number, and greater Variety, than any Book of the Kind yet published. Humbly inscribed to the choice spirits of the age. By Ferdinando Killigrew, Esq;
Killigrew, Ferdinando.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]