Humorous poetry, English - Early works to 1800

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A wife and no wife or, the mad gallant, an humorous tale of lunacy, love and cuckoldom. Wherein are contained The following Letters; I. From Donna Hanmerina to her Husband, accusing him of Impotency. II. From Don Furioso Harvides to Don Hanmerio, openly declaring his criminal Passion. III. From Hanmerio to Harvides: Concluding with an useful Caution to all Husbands.
Date: [1742]
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The muse in good humour or, a collection of comic tales. By the most eminent poets. In two parts.
Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]
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The stage or the pulpit a sermon. Sung * by the Reverend author of Douglas the first night he went to see his own play represented. To the tune of Gill Morice.
Dreghorn, John Maclaurin, Lord, 1734-1796.Date: 1756?]
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The museum of wit being a choice collection of poetical pieces, instructive and entertaining. Remarkable for their point and moral tendency: intended as an antidote to care, and to promote mirth and hilarity. Selected from various authors.
Date: 1800
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The muses choice or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour, diversified with an uncommon variety of merry tales; Pointed Satire's; Pastoral Eclogues; Humourous Descriptions, Comic Characters in High and Low Life; Songs, English, Welsh, Scots and Irish; Rebusses on Drinking Glasses, &c. Epigrams, smart and tart; Epitaphs, odd and curious, &c. &c. All calculated for the Improvement and Diversion of the Young and the Gay, the Sportive and facetious; and suited to promote Mirth in Good Company, or divert a melancholy Hour. Extracted, partly, from the Works of the most celebrated Authors, such as Congreve, Pope, Swift, Gay, Prior, &c. and, partly, from Originals, taken from private Manuscripts.
Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]