Rochester's jests: or, the quintessence of wit; containing a new collection of merry stories, repartees, jokes, puns, Bulls, Blunders, Conundrums, the Newest Riddles, Rebusses, smartest Epigrams and Epitaphs; the most admired songs, sung by Mr. Beard, Miss Brent, Miss Wright, &c. and two original love letters To which is added, Wit upon Windows, Copied by a London Rider. The Whole being free from that Obscenity, so srequent in most other Books of this kind, is calculated to inspire Mirth and Good Humour, without giving Offence to the chastest Ear.

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M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]
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London : printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]

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[2],44[i.e.144]p. : ill. ; 120.

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The third edition.

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ESTC T169501

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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.

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