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The Bacchanalian songster; Containing the following new songs, namely, a jolly and true-hearted fellow. If life is a bubble. The brown jug. The peck o' maut. The farmer. A cheerful old friend.
Date: [between ca. 1790 and 1811?]- Books
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Four excellent new. Songs: 1. Well's me on thy curly pow; or my bonny dainty Davy. 2. Wattie and Jenny's sticket wedding. 3. Spatter the dew. 4. A cheerful glee. By G. C.
Date: 1784- Books
New feet for old : a simple statement of some recent highly cheering discoveries concerning common foot disorders, their cause and cure for the mutual use of physicians and patients / by John Martin Hiss.
Hiss, John Martin, 1891-Date: 1933- Books
Age and identity in eighteenth-century England / by Helen Yallop.
Yallop, Helen.Date: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church : "The Most Approved Toilet"
Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal ChurchDate: c.1828Reference: MS.4810- Digital Images
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Borago officinalis L. Boraginaceae. Borage. officinalis indicates it was used in the 'offices' - the consulting clinics - of medieval monks. Distribution: Europe. Culpeper: “... comforts the heart, cheers the spirit, drives away sadness and melancholy, they are rather laxative than binding
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The cheerful companion, or, vocal assistant: being such a valuable collection of new songs, as have never appeared in any previous publication of this kind. ... Together with the most admired airs, &c. Performed at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, and other places of public amusement
Date: 1785?]- Books
Pink ribbons, inc. : breast cancer and the politics of philanthropy / Samantha King.
King, Samantha, 1970-Date: [2006], ©2006- Books
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Gunter's confectioner's oracle containing receipts for desserts on the most economical plan for private families : and all founded on the actual experiments of thirty years. With an appendix, containing the best receipts for pastry-cooks, and an elucidation of the principles of good cheer. Being a companion to Dr. Kitchiner's Cook's Oracle / by W. Gunter.
Gunter, William.Date: 1830- Books
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The jovial songster, or, sailor's delight: a choice collection of cheerful and humourous songs, that are sung by the brave tars of old England, and other merry companions, Who, over a Can of Flip, are disposed for Mirth and Good Humour; Being the most laughable and droll Collection ever published; including, among other diverting subjects, the sailor's description of a hunting.
Date: [1795?]- Pictures
A Chinese farmer and his sons working a water-wheel. Halftone after Maynard Owen Williams.
Williams, Maynard O.Reference: 37871i- Books
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Fisher's cheerful companion to promote laughter; being a humorous collection of interesting stories for a winter's evening fireside; or amusement for summer, in a shady retreat. Containing the Stories of The Three Dexterous Thieves, The Wishes, The Widgeon, The Lucky Disaster, The Hunch-Back'd Minstrels, The Conjurer, The Fortunate Peasant, The Two Rogues, The Humorous Miller, The Adventures of Searamouch The Unfortunate Spaniard, The Ghost, and Mutual Confidence on the Wedding Night.
Fisher, S. (Simon).Date: [1800]- Pictures
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A bearded man selling razors to a farmer. Crayon manner print by J.J. Jenkins after Peter Pindar (John Wolcot).
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.Date: 1826Reference: 33423i- 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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Some pressing motives, to the cheerful performance of these four Christian dutyes. I. To Cast thy Burden upon the Lord. II. To Cast thy Bread upon the Waters. III. To Rejoice evermore. VI, To Pray without Ceasing. In Faith Blest Resignation, Charity, Spritual Joy, and Prayer still, These Four are useful Constantly, All your Wishes they'l fulfill. Yet Each of these must be attended. With the Heavenly Grace of Faith All's Sin (what ever be pretended) Wanting this, As Scripture say'th. The Motives to Resignation, verse x. Charity, begins at 120. Spiritual Joy, 165. Frequent Prayer, 248
Cheyn, William.Date: 1718?]- Books
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A discourse to sailors, on pardon and allowance for offences, Composed on Board the Caesar Man of War, commanded by Roddam Home, Esq. on occasion of the distressing and alarming mutiny, at the first, consisting of twenty six sail of the line, cheering at Saint Helen's, and its Happy Termination, by the right honourable earl howe, to the prevention of most awful consequences. Printed in order to be distributed to the Ship's Company, as prevented by unfavourable circumstances, being preached; and now published, together with an Appendix concerning the Mutinies that have followed, and the entailment of public and private misery on such insurrections. By the Rev. T. Finch, Chaplain of the caesar-late of saint Mary Hall, Oxford.
Finch, Thomas, 1753 or 1754-Date: [1797]- Books
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The complete London jester; 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 two universities, the Three Theatres, from White's Chocolate House, from the Beef-Steak Club, from the Spouting Clubs, and Choice Spirits Clubs, in London and Westminster, Including all the fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Bons Mots, Conundrums, Irish Bulls, Comical Humbugs, Droll Narrations, Smart Repartees, New Adventures, Funny Epitaphs, and 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. The Whole teaching the agreeable Art of Story-Telling, and furnishing Pieces of Wit, for the Amusement and Improvement of both Sexes.
Date: 1786- Ephemera
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Your key to promoting safer sex : Durex condom keyrings : the ideal way to remove inhibitions fom carrying condoms / LRC Products Limited.
Date: [1992?]- Pictures
A doctor holding a medicine bottle entertains a crocodile, while other crocodiles bite his coat tails; illustrating the saying "Laughter is the best medicine". Coloured lithograph by A. Schaefer-Ast, 1947.
Schäfer-Ast, Albert, 1890-1951.Date: [19]47Reference: 652870i- Pictures
A medical student being examined for his bedside manner by a group of senior doctors. Wood engraving by G. Morrow, 1914.
Morrow, George, 1869-1955.Date: 1914Reference: 15401i- Pictures
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A dentist examining a patients teeth and informing him they are all in exceedingly bad condition. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1882.
Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896.Date: 1882Reference: 14278i- Pictures
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The Entente Cordiale: Marianne (a woman representing France) is chasing away a frog on which is written "Anglophobia"; King Edward VII and President Émile Loubet shaking hands in the background. Ink drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1903.
Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.Date: [1903?]Reference: 572936i- Ephemera
National Children's Home and Orphanage : 30 branches, 4000 children : chief offices: Highbury Park, London, N.5.
National Children's Home (Great Britain)Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]- Pictures
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W.E. Gladstone as a jockey, falling from his horse. Colour lithograph by Gilbert & Rivington after Tom Merry, 1884.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 13 September 1884Reference: 565108i- Pictures
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A hospital physician asks a patient about his drinking, the patient replies whatever is on offer. Wood engraving after C. Keene.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Reference: 15655i