Wit and humor - Early works to 1800
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The Poets jests, or Mirth in abundance
Date: 1790- E-books
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Curious amusements: fitted for the entertainment of the ingenious of both sexes writ in imitation of the Count de Roche Foucault, and render'd into English from the 15th. edition printed at Paris. By a gentleman of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge. To which is added, some translations from Greek, Latin and Italian poets; with other verses and songs on several occasions, not before printed. By T. Rymer, Esq; late Historiographer-Royal.
Gentleman of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge.Date: 1714- E-books
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Tom gay's comical Jester, or The wit's merry medley Being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny jokes, merry stories, humorous adventures, pleasant tales, smart repartees, witty quibbles, & Irish bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, a curious collection of new conundrums, rebusses and riddles, sharp epigrams, droll epitaphs, amorous, poems, songs, fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that dulness which infects most other jest books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, choar the heart, and prove an everlasting gordial for low spirits.
Gay, TomDate: 1770- E-books
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The obliging husband, and imperious wife; or, The west-country clothier undone by a peacock . With the pleasant and comical humours of honest Humphry his man. Made out in several witty and ingenious dialogues; between I. Mr. Wilmot, a wet-country clothier, at Credition in Devonshire, and a gentlewoman of a good fortune in Exeter, and honest Humphrey the clothier's man; with the intrigues of their courtship II. Between the clothier, his mistress, her mother, and cousin, &c. about furnishing the house, and celebrating the wedding. II. Between the clothier, his wife, mother, and nurse; with what pass'd at her lying-in, christning the child, and gossiping. IV. Between the clothier, his man Humphry, and his creditors; he being now grown poor. V. Between the clothier, his man Humphry, two bayliffs, and the goaler. The whole discovering how extravagant wives consume their husband's estates, and bring them to ruine and destruction.
Date: 1722- E-books
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The jovial jester; or, Tim. Grin's delight . The most capital collection of wit and laughter; containing a selection of good saying witty jests bon mots repartees joke puns bulls quibbles tales stories adventures narrations anecdotes waggeries double entendres hob nobs whims frolicks humbugs witticisms fables sm... observations ingenoius flights, &c. which will expel care, drown grief, and banish the spleen: the whole containing more wit in one page than are in a volume; being compiled by the choice spirits at the Shakespear Bedford Coffee House Fox's Piazza Coffee-House The Rose Jupp's Covent-Garden Drury-Lane Theatre and other merry and diverting places of entertainment.
Date: 1786