Amusements - Early works to 1800
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The mirror of amusement , or, happy village. Being a new method of passing the year pleasantly and profitably, either in town or country. By Wm Wiseacre, Esq. Adorned with cuts.
Frankly, OnesiphorusDate: [1780?]- E-books
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Remarks on the prevaling custom of attending stage entertainments also on the present taste for reading romances and novels; and on some other customs; Submitted, with a Heart overflowing with Good-Will, to the Notice and Consideration of the Professors of the Christian Name, in the different religious Societies; By John Kendall. The second edition. To which is added, remarks on subjects not noticed before.
Kendall, John, 1726-1815.Date: 1796- E-books
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Amusement hall or, an easy introduction to the attainment of useful knowledge. By a lady.
LadyDate: 1794- E-books
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Sports and pastime or, Hocus-Pocus improv'd. Shewing, 1. To turn water into wine. 2. To convey a card out of a nut-shell. 3. To catch birds. 4. To take Eels. 5. To make sport with an Egg 6. To fetch a Shilling out of a Handkerchief. 7. To wring Beer out of the Handle of a Knife. 8. Tricks with Tobacco-Pipes. 9. To win at Racing. 10. To know Cross or Pile by the Sound of Money. 11. To wrap one's Knuckles. 12. To make you laugh till the Tears stand in your Eyes. 13. To fox Fish. 14. A Philosoph-Experiment: 15. To cure the Tooth-Ach. 16. To bring 2 Pieces together 17. To win a Wager by feeling, 18. To take Conies. 19. To catch Wild-Ducks. 20. Sport with a Maid. 21. To make Liquor boil out of a Pot. 22. To prevent frothing Pots. 23. To Hatch-Chickens without a Hen. 24. Make it freeze by the Fire. 25. To take a String off a Pipe 26. To make good Sport. 27. To strike Chalks through a Table. 28. To convey Money away. 29. To play the wag with a Servant-Maid. 30. To make Sport with Bells. 31. Meat to seem Magotty. 32. To write invisible. 33. To cut the Blowing-Book. 34. To Engrave 35. The Egg-Box. 36. The Melting-Box. 37. The Globe-Box. 38. To cut Cloth, and make it whole again. 39. To make a Knife leap out of a Pot. 40. To take Buttons off a string 41. To cut Glass. 42. The Mosaick Rod. 43. To draw an Egg through a Ring. 44. To put Pease in your Eye. 45. Harts-Horn to make grow. 46. To write in a Dark-Night. 47. To walk on a hot Iron. 48. To eat Fire. 49. A Room to seem on fire. 50. To have a Sallad grow while the Meat roasts. 51. An Egg to fly in the air. 52. A sheet of paper call'd trouble-wit. With divers other legerdemain curiosities.
Date: [1705?]- E-books
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Collins's Evening brush (from Bath) Will be exhibited, for the third Time, On Saturday the 15th Instant, At the Free Masons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, with a diversity of Theatrical Anecdotes a la Scarron; and original songs, particularly The Brush; The Stage Play of Life; Date Obolum Bellisario; and The Golden Days of good Queen Bess! As it has been Twice received by an elegant Audience, with a Degree of Applause beyond the Author's most sanguine Expectations. The Doors to be opened at Six. To begin precisely at seven. Admittance, Three Shillings. N. B. This will be the last Exhibition till the Holidays.
Collins, John, 1742-1808.Date: 1788]