The complete London jester, or wit's companion; containing all the fun and all the humour, all the Learning and all the Judgment, which has lately flowed from the two universities, from the Two Theatres, from White's Chocolate-House, from the Bedford Coffee-House; or, from the Spouting Clubs, and Choice Spirits Clubs in London and Westminster. Including all the Fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Bon Mots, Choice Songs, 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 chearful Countenance. The whole teaching the agreeable Art of Story-Telling, and furnishing Pieces of Wit, for the Amusement and Improvement of both Sexes.
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- 1765
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for T. Lownds in Fleet-Street, 1765.
Physical description
144p. : ill. ; 120.
Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T71566