The witticisms, anecdotes, jests, and sayings, of Dr. Samuel Johnson, during the whole course of his life. Collected from Boswell, Piozzi, Hawkins, Baretti, Beauclerk, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and other gentlemen in the Habits of Intimacy with the Doctor. And a Full Account of Dr. Johnson's Conversation with the King. To which is Added, A great Number of Jests, In which the most distinguished Witt of the present Century bore a Part. By J. Merry, Esq. of Pembroke College.
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London : printed for D. Brewman, No. 45, Old Bailey; and sold by H.D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster Row, 1797.
Physical description
63,[1]p. ; 80.
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Edition
The third edition, greatly improved.
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ESTC T92148
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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.