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Revived. The delicate jester; or Wit and humour without ribaldry; Containing a great variety of entertaining tables, allegories, anecdotes, repartees, of persons remarkable for wit and understanding; intermixed with poems, songs, epigrams, epitaphs; chiefly original for this little work. The whole put together so as not to offend the ears of chastify, or Infringe on the rules of morality, decency and good manners, while they lose nothing of their force and brilliancy; which indisputably renders this the only book of the kind yet published, worthy the sanction of sober families, who cannot be too watchful over the private amusements of their children.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The jovial companion: or, the Alive and Merry Fellow. Being a new collection of the most ingenious jests, diverting stories, pleasant joakes, Smart Excellent Puns, Wise Sayings, Witty Quibbles, and Rediculous Bulls, To which is added, a choice collection of the newest conundrums, Facetious Dialogues, Merry Tales, and Jovial Songs.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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Tom Thumb's royal riddle book: for the tiral of dull witts. Being a collection of new and ingenious guesses. Composed for the benefit of all that desire to try their wits, by reading these merry questions and answers.
Thumb, Tom.Date: 1788- Books
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Shuter's jests; or, The wit's banquet, for the year 1758. Being a collection of repartees and humorous stories, not one of which were ever printed before.
Date: [1758]- Books
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The wits of Westminster. A new select collection of jests, bons mots, humorous tales, brilliant repartees, epigrams, and other sallies of wit and humour. Chiefly new and original. Being an agreeable and lively companion for the parlour, guard room, post chaise, or wherever such a companion is most necessary and pleasing. By a member of the Calcannon club. Who here offers to the public, a book with more novelty, than has appeared since the time of Joe Millar's publication, in which he hopes to please every reader, except the very coarse, or over refined one.
Member of the Calcannon Club.Date: 1772- Books
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The covent Garden jester; or, lady's and gentleman's treasure of wit, humour, and amusement; Containing A very great variety of Bon Mots, Witty Sayings, and Humorous Jests; being the most excellent collection ever yet published in the English language. By the Earl of Funsborough.
Earl of Funsborough.Date: [1792]- Books
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The balloon jester; or, flights of wit and humour: containing a most curious collection of all that is pleasing, entertaining, comical, ...
Date: [1784?]- 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 Conundrums, best Riddles, entertaining Rebusses, satirical Epigrams, humourous Epitaphs, facetious Dialogues, merry Tales, jovial Songs, Fables, &c. &c. &c. Here glowing Thought, and Sense refin'd, With laughing Wit, and Fancy join'd, The poignant Pun, and brilliant Jest, In pleasing Garb of Nature drest, Their universal Balm impart, To recreate the gloomy Heart.
Date: [1755]- Books
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The labyrinth: Being an exercise for wit and humour, by rational rebusses. All which are entirely new, propriety being observed in the sense, spelling, and sound. By Jonathan Puzzle, Esq;
Puzzle, Jonathan.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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Wit and mirth: or, pills to purge melancholy. Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs, old and new. ...
Playford, Henry, 1657-1706?.Date: 1707-12- 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, amorous 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 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 of low spirits.
Gay, Tom.Date: 1763- Books
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The town and country nut-cracker, or Jack Sharp's jests. Being A Collection Of Funny Jokes, Merry Stories, Droll Adventures, Frolicksome Tales, Witty Quibbles, Youthful Pranks, Smart Repartees, Double Entendres, Ridiculous Bulls, Wise Sayings, &c. &c. That was ever offered to the Public in this Kindom. To which is added, a choice collection of conundrums, Clever Epigrams, Amorous Poems, Humorous Epitaphs, Facetious Dialogues, Catches, Glees. &c. of the several shining Luminaries of the present Age.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The festival of Momus, or complete cabinet of wit; being a curious collection of lively repartees, bon-mots, choice puns, and other species of pleasing witticisms, ever offered the public; the whole calculated to Banish Care, and make the Heart Gay. Selected from the port-folios, and other repositories of fun, of the Lodge of Old Fellows, by an arch wag!
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The covent Garden jester; or, lady's and gentleman's treasure of wit, humour, and amusement; Containing A great variety of Anecdotes, Bon Mots, Witty Sayings, and Humorous Jests; being the most excellent collection ever yet published in the English language. By the Earl of Funsborough.
Funsborough, Earl of.Date: [1780?]- Books
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The balloon jester; or, flights of wit and humour: containing a most curious collection of all that is pleasing, entertaining, comical, Funny, Droll, and Laughable, Exhibited to the Public by those Sons of Mirth and curious Philosophers, Doctors Graham and Katterfelto; Those Geniuses of Dexterity and Magic, Sieurs Jonas and Breslaw; That ingenious and enterprising Aerial Traveller, Monsieur Biaggini, With a diverting Account of the Adventures and Reception of the Air Balloon. To which is added, The female Quaker, Propagation, and Matrimony, three admired Pieces. With new toasts and sentiments.
Date: [1784?]- Books
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The jovial jester; or Tim. Grin's delight, being a collection of wit and laughter; Containing A Selection Of Hob Nobs Whims Faolics Humbugs Puns Repartees Waggaries Bon Mots Quibbles Stories Whitticisms Fables Adventures Bulls Talfs Anecdotes Jests Gibes Satyrs &c. &c. And Other Ingenious Flights. Which will expel Care, drown Grief, and banish the Spleen; and containing more Real Wit in one Page than can be found in a Volume in other Publications. Compiled by the choice spirits at the Piazza coffee house, Bedford coffee-house Jupp's, Rose, Shakespeare, Fox's, Covent-Garden, Drury-Lane Theatre, and other merry and diverting places of entertainment.
Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Wit and mirth: or pills To purge Melancholy; being a choice collection of the best merry ballads, and above a hundred of the best songs, old and new. Fitted to all Humours, having each their proper tune for either Voice, or Instrument. Being carefully corrected by Mr. J. Lenton. Vol. IV.
Playford, Henry, 1657-1706?.Date: 1706- Books
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Garrick's jests; or, genius in high glee. Containing all the jokes of the wits of the present age, viz. Mr. Garrick, Ld. Lyttleton, Mr. Fox, Ld. Mansf-, Mr. Burke, Mr. Foote, Mr. Selwyn, Dutchess of K. Lady H-, Lady T-, &c. Being Humorous, Lively, Comical, Queer, Satirical Droll, Smart Repartees; Facetious, Merry Bon Mots, &c. To which are added, a new selection of epigrams, poems Conundrums, Toasts, Sentiments, Hob-Nobs, &c. now in Fashion, And the Favourite New Songs Sung last Season at Vauxhall.
Date: [1785?]- Books
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The English Roscius. Garrick's jests; or, genius in high glee. Containing all the jokes of the wits of the present age, viz. Mr. Garrick, Ld. Lyttleton, Mr. Fox, Ld. Mansf-, Mr. Burke, Mr. Foote, Mr. Selwyn, Dutchess of K. Lady H-, Lady T-, &c. Being Humorous, Lively, Comical Queer, Satirical Droll, Smart Repartees, Facetious, Merry Bon Mo[ll] &c. To which are added, a new selection of epigrams, poems, conundrums, toasts, sentiments, hob-nobs, &c. now in Fashion.
Date: [1785?]- 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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Tommy Trapwit's pleasant tales, entertaining stories, and merry jests. Recommended to the perusal of the little gentry of this Kingdom, by their old friend Margery commonly called Goody, two shoes.
Trapwit, Tommy.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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The filberd: or, the compleatest medley of wit ever yet published: being the marrow of all other jest-books. Calculated To kill Care, banish Sorrow, promote Mirth, and prove an everlasting Cordial to Low Spirits. Being a Comical Collection of Funny Stories, Lively Jests, Witty Repartees, Humourcus Tales, Smart Quibbles, Ridiculous Bulls, Coaical Humbugs, Droll Narrations, New Conundrums, Merry Epigrams, Keen Epitaphs, Toasts, Sentiments, Hob Nobs, Choice Songs, Diverrting Poems, &c. The whole teaching the agreeable Art of Story-Telling, and furnishing Pieces of Wit for the Amusement and Improvement of both Sexes. Wit, a thousand different Shapes it bears, And comely in a thousand Forms appears.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The Merry and facetious companion, in French and English: Being a collection of the most entertaining stories, witty sayings, and smart repartees, that are to be found either in our own or foreign authors. Design'd for the use of all those persons who would or are now learning the French tongue.
Date: 1746- 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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Curious amusements: fitted for the entertainment of the ingenious of both sexes; writ in imitation of the Count de Roche Foucault, and render'd into English from the 15th. edition printed at Paris. By a gentleman of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge. To which is added, some translations from Greek, Latin and Italian poets; with other verses and songs on several occasions, not before printed. By T. Rymer, Esq; late Historiographer-Royal.
Gentleman of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge.Date: 1714