Gay, Tom

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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?]
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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, amorous 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 infests most other jest-books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, chear the heart, and prove an everlasting cordial of low spirits.
Gay, TomDate: 1763
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Tom Gay's Comical jester , or the wit's merry medley, refin'd, being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny joaks, merry stories, Humorous Adventures, Pleasant Tales, Strange Frolics, Smart Repartees, Witty Quirbles, 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 infests most other Jest-Books and is calculated to kill Care, banish Sorrow, promote Mirth, crack the Sides, chear the Heart, and prove an everlasting Cordial for Low Spirits.
Gay, TomDate: 1765