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"Laughter" Plate 10, Charles Le Brun, 1760.
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Laughter : notes on a passion / Anca Parvulescu.
Parvulescu, Anca.Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Laughter and mourning : point of rupture / Pamela Noensie.
Noensie, Pamela.Date: 2010- Books
Laughter as a therapeutic agent / by James J. Walsh.
Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942Date: 1927- Student dissertations
Laughter is the best medicine : Punch's use of graphic satire for middle class scientific engagement, 1870-1914 / Hannah Brayford.
Brayford, Hannah.Date: 2013- Books
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Laughter : an essay on the meaning of the comic / by Henri Bergson ; authorised translation by Cloudesley Brereton and Fred Rothwell.
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.Date: 1911- Books
The Philogelos, or, Laughter-lover / translated with an introduction and commentary by Barry Baldwin.
Hierocles (Grammarian)Date: 1983- Books
Comedy : An essay on comedy / [by] George Meredith. Laughter [by] Henri Bergson. Introd. and appendix: The meanings of comedy, by Wylie Sypher.
Date: 1956- Pictures
A doctor holding a medicine bottle entertains a crocodile, while other crocodiles bite his coat tails; illustrating the saying "Laughter is the best medicine". Coloured lithograph by A. Schaefer-Ast, 1947.
Schäfer-Ast, Albert, 1890-1951.Date: [19]47Reference: 652870i- Books
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M-------c L-------n's cabinet broke open; or, his private list of all the duchess dowagers, countesses, widow ladies, maiden ladies, ... of honour, virtue, and large fortunes in England: together with their several places of abodes [sic], ...
Date: [1750]- Books
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The badge of folly; or, a humorous illustration of the mottos, of the nobility, of England, Scotland, and Ireland: with an English translation of each, and an extensive commentary. Designed and executed, by that whimsical delineator, Orator Reynard, Professor of double Entendre, in the College of Momus, for the Cabinet of Laughter.
Reynard, Orator.Date: 1782- Books
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The physiology of laughter.
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.Date: 1860- Books
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Preparation for death, stated from the holy scriptures, and the reality of divine consolations, attested in a sermon, preached at Debenham, Feb. 26, 1792, On occasion of the sudden but remarkably triumphant departure of William Patrick. To which are Added Some Lyric Verses, Entitled, Laughter in Death. By W. Hurn, Vicar of Debenham, and Chaplain to Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Chandos.
Hurn, William, 1754-1829.Date: [1792?]- Books
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The psychology of laughter / by Boris Sidis.
Sidis, Boris, 1867-1923.Date: 1913- Books
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The philosophy of laughter and smiling.
Vasey, George.Date: 1877- Books
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The merry Andrew: being the smartest collection ever yet published, of elegant repartees, Brilliant Jests, Ridiculous Bulls, Comical Tales, Facetious Epigrams, Humorous Epitaphs, Droll Jokes, Profound Riddles. and second hand conundrums. This Book is the Quintessence of Wit, the Source of Fun, the Original of Laughter, and the Perfection of true Humour. By Ferdinando Funny, Esq; M. M. And Professor of Drollery in the University of Humbug.
Funny, Ferdinando.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Videos
Jimmy Carr and the science of laughter.
Date: 2016- Books
The nature of laughter / [J. C Gregory].
Gregory, J. C.Date: 1924- Books
The philosophy of laughter and smiling / by George Vasey.
Vasey, George.Date: 1877- Books
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The funny jester, or, the cream of harmony and humour. A grand collection of all that is Witty Merry Droll Comical Entertaining Facetious And that will raise Laughter at an easy Expence. Collected from the Jolly Companions of the present Age. By which Means dull Sorrow is banished, and Mirth and Festivity reigns In the Court of Drollery, by the funny God Momus. Compiled by Sir Toby Tickleside, Alderman and Citizen of Comus's Court.
Tickleside, Toby, Sir.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The funny jester, or the cream of harmony and humour, a grand collection Of All That IS Witty Merry Droll Comical Entertaining Facetious And that will raise Laughter at an easy Expence. Collected From The Jolly Companions of the present Age, By which Means dull Sorrow is banished and Mirth and Festivity reigns In the Court of Drollery, by the funny God Momus. Compiled by Sir Toby Tickleside, Alderman and Citizen of Comus's Court.
Tickleside, Toby, Sir.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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An essay on laughter : its forms, its causes, its development and its value / by James Sully.
Sully, James, 1842-1923.Date: 1902- Books
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An essay on laughter, wherein are displayed its natural and moral causes, with the arts of exciting it.
Date: 1769- Books
Treatise on laughter / Laurent Joubert ; translated and annotated by Gregory David de Rocher.
Joubert, Laurent, 1529-1583.Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
Greek laughter : a study of cultural psychology from Homer to early Christianity / Stephen Halliwell.
Halliwell, Stephen.Date: 2008