Johnsoniana; or, a collection of bon mots, &c. A new edition, considerably enlarged and improved; being the only jest book extant, proper to be read in families, in which no obscenity, or profane oath is to be found. By Dr. Johnson, and others. Together with the excellent moral sentences, on various subjects, of Publius Syrus, and of the most eminent writers, Antient and Modern.
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London : printed for G. Kearsly , in Fleet-Street ; J. Ridley St. James's-Street ; W. Shropshire , in New Bond-Street ; W. Davis , in Piccadilly ; T. Evans , in the Strand ; Wallis and Stonehouse , in Ludgate-Street ; Richardson and Urquhart , at the Royal-Exchange ; and W. Flexney, in Holborn. MDCCLXXVII. Entered at Stationers Hall, [1777]
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[2],ix,[1],195,[1]p.,plate : port. ; 80.
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ESTC N7293
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.