The merry philosopher; or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the criterion for distinguishing true and genuine wit from that which is false and spurious: together with instructions for improving the taste of those, who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour. By George Frederick Meier, Professor of Philosophy at Halle, member of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and author of several much-admired works in the German language. Now first translated into English from the German original.

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M.DCC.LXV. [1765]