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Essays: on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicrous composition; on the usefulness of classical learning. By James Beattie, LL. D. Professor Of Moral Philosophy And Logic In The Marischal College And University Of Aberdeen.
Beattie, James, 1735-1803.Date: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]- Books
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Laugh upon laugh, or, laughter ridicul'd. A poem, ethi-comico-satyrical. Treating of the several kinds or degrees of laughter. With some other pieces by the same hand. By the author of Laugh and lye down: or, A Pleasant but Sure Remedy for the Gout, &c.
Brownsword, William, 1712 or 1713-Date: [1740]- Ephemera
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Hitler just wouldn't understand this : battlecraft for the home guards, 1944 version... : laughter aids hospital / L. Harding.
Harding, L.Date: 1944- Books
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Hibernicus's letters: or, a philosophical miscellany. Containing (among many others) essays on the following useful and entertaining subjects, viz. of happiness. of imaginary evils. Of Beauty. Of Castle-Building. Of false Contempt of the World. Of Witches and Apparitions. Of the Art of Printing. Of Laughter and Ridicule. Of False Taste. Of Useless Studies. Of Toleration. Of Solitude. Of Epistolary Writing. Of the Fable of the Bees. Of the Happiness of former Times compared with the present. Of National Frugality. Of Liberty. Of Gaming. Of Industry. Of Fashions. Of Women. Censure on Dr. Burnet's Reflections on Human Life. The Opinion of a Siamese on the Religion of Great Britain. Religion vindicated from the Character of Moroseness. The Vanity of Cicero and Montagne vindicated. The Usefulness of Modern Translations of Ancient Books. The Character of Anacreon, with a Specimen of his Writings. Remains of Archdeacon Parnel, &c. Interspersed with several Original Poems and Translations. Written by several eminent hands in Dublin. ...
Arbuckle, James.Date: 1734- Pictures
A message about the lack of laughter at work; advertising the importance of reducing stress at work. Colour lithograph for Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, 200-.
Date: [2004?]Reference: 2066622i- Books
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Songs, political, satyrical and covivial, dedicated to the laughter loving goddess Vestina, calculated to inspire mirth and set the festive table on a roar. By John Devonshire.
Devonshire, John.Date: M,DCC,CXIV. [1794]- Pictures
A physician, lying ill in bed, laughs at the antics of a monkey which is trying on his doctoral bonnet, and is cured by his own laughter. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1819.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: Dec. 1, 1819Reference: 2489350i- Books
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The vanity of mens laughter, and of their merry amusements in their idle hours. Consider'd in a sermon upon Ecclesiastes II. 1,2. By Edward Grove A. M. Rector of Chevington near Bury, in the County of Suffolk.
Grove, Edward, 1667 or 1668-1727.Date: 1702- Books
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The world turned up-side down; or the Comical Metamorphoses: a work entirely calculated to excite laughter, in grown persons, and promote moralily [sic], in the young ones, of both sexes: decorated with 34 copper plates curiously drawn and elegantly engraved
Date: [1790?]- Books
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Essays: on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicrous composition; on the utility of classical learning. By James Beattie, LL. D. Professor of moral philosophy and logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen.
Beattie, James, 1735-1803.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Essays on the nature and immutability of truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism; on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicrous composition; and, on the utility of classical learning. By James Beattie, ... In two volumes. ...
Beattie, James, 1735-1803.Date: 1778- Pictures
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Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 33657i- Books
Not right in the head / Michelle Wyatt.
Wyatt, MichelleDate: 2016- Books
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Country Tom's Complete jester; or, the laughter's delight. Containing all the fun, and all the humour, all the learning, and all the wit, which have lately flowed from the universities, the theatres, country wakes, fairs, and all the places of public resort in town and country. ...
Date: [1790?]- Pictures
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A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 32372i- Books
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Le rire : essai sur la signification du comique.
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.Date: 1900- Books
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Traité des causes physiques et morales du rire relativement à l'art de l'exciter / [L. Poinsinet de Sivry] [Anon].
Poinsinet de Sivry, Louis, 1733-1804.Date: 1768- Books
Laughing : physiology, pathophysiology, psychology, pathopsychology, and development / by Frederic R. Stearns.
Stearns, Frederic Rudolph, 1892-Date: 1972- Books
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Traité médico-philosophique sur le rire; ou, le rire considéré dans ses rapports avec l'étude physique et morale de l'homme dans l'état sain et dans l'état malade / par Denis-Prudent Roy.
Roy, Denis-Prudent.Date: 1814- Books
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Dissertation médico-chirurgicale sur le rire, considéré comme phénomène séméiologique : présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 9 avril 1812, / par Denis-Prudent Roy.
Roy, Denis-Prudent.Date: 1812- Books
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Essays. On the nature and immutability of truth, in opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism. On poetry and music, as they affect the Mind. On laughter, and ludicrous composition. On the utility of classical learning. By James Beattie, LL. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen.
Beattie, James, 1735-1803.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
Humour therapy : in cancer, psychosomatic diseases, mental disorders, crime, interpersonal and sexual relationships / Branko Bokun.
Bokun, Branko, 1920-2011.Date: [1986], ©1986- Books
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The government & improvement of mirth according to the laws of Christianity. In three sermons. I. Of civil & natural II. Of carnal & vicious mirth III. Of spiritual & holy joy. Essay'd from James V. 13. [Two lines from James] More especially designed for the use, and recommended to the serious perusal of young people, and in particular the young gentlemen of Boston. By Benj. Colman.
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747.Date: 1707- Books
Le rire : essai sur la signification du comique / par Henri Bergson.
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.Date: 1900- Pictures
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A woman laughing. Lithograph by P. Simonau, 1822, after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1822Reference: 34105i