The book of oddities: or, agreeable variety for town and country; containing, an uncommon collection of the most curious stories, which may be valued for their Being Queer, Odd, Strange, Amazing, Whimsical, Comic, Absurd, Out O'Th'way, And Unaccountable. Designed to promote mirth, and excite the wonder and astonishment of all the sons and daughters of Adam. The whole calculated to make the Countryman state, the Citizen laugh, and the Courtier Grin: Adapted both to the Sultry Days of Autumn and the Gloomy Nights of Winter. My Articles in Order thus I range; Miraculous and Quee, and odd, and strange: And other Thing with these collateral, As whimsical and supernatural.

  • Broadgrin, Toby.
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1791
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Dublin : printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury, (no. 33) Upper Ormond-Quay, 1791.

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xx,399,[1]p. ; 80.

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Third edition.

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ESTC T128530

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