The complete London jester; or, wit's companion: containing all the fun and all the humour, all the Learning, and all the Judgment, which have lately flowed from the two universities, the Three Theatres, from White's Chocolate-House, from the Beef-Steak Club, from the Spouting Clubs, and Choice Spirits Clubs in London and Westminster. Including all the fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales, Humorous Jokes, Bons Mots, 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, are furnishing Pieces of Wit, for the amusement and improvement of both Sexes.
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for T. Lownds in Fleet-Street, [1781]
Physical description
144p. : ill. ; 120.
Edition
The tenth edition, to which is added a genteel collection of the various toasts, sentiments, and hob-nobs now in fashion.
References note
ESTC T162173
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.