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The Whetstone or, Spawn of puzzles . Being a froth collection of conumdrums. Fit for the use of the gay and polite.
Date: [1775?]
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Winter-evening entertainments; in two parts . Containing, I. Ten pleasant and delightful relations of many rare and notable accidents and occurences; with brief remarks upon every one. II. Fifty ingenious riddles, with their explanations, and useful observations and morals upon each. The whole enlivened with above threescore pictures, for the better illustration of every story and riddle. Excellently accommodated to the fancies of old or young, and exceeding useful to advance chearful society and conversation. By Robert Burton.
Nathaniel CrouchDate: 1737
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The riddle . Or, a paradoxical character of a hairy monster, often found under Holland.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1725?]
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The merry miscellany Being the second part of Daniel Gunston's jests, &c. or, a new collection of diverting jests, &c. OR, A New Collection Of Diverting Jests, Cornical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Quaint Saying, Queer Puns, merry adventures, in part I. whimsical epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Funny Rebulses, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, comical questions. In part II. Many Originals, never printed before. The Whole being designed To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Spirits, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Gunston, DanielDate: 1780
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The merry miscellany Being the second part of Daniel Gunston's jests, &c. or, a new collection of diverting jests, &c. OR, A New Collection Of Diverting Jests, Cornical Bulls, Smart Repartees, Quaint Saying, Queer Puns, merry adventures, in part I. whimsical epigrams, Strange Epitaphs, Funny Rebulses, Puzzling Conundrums, Humorous Riddles, comical questions. In part II. Many Originals, never printed before. The Whole being designed To banish Sorrow, chear the Heart, enliven the Countenance, quicken the Spirits, and procure Mirth and good Humour.
Gunston, DanielDate: 1780
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The whet-Stone: or the spawn of puzzle . Being a fresh collection of conundrums, never before publish'd.
Date: [1745]
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The humorous miscellany; or, riddles for the beaux. Humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Cardigan. By E- B-[.]
Boyd, Elizabeth, fl. 1730-1744.Date: [1733]
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The riddle or, a paradoxical character of an hairy monster, often found under Holland. To which is added, Little Merlin's cave . As it was lately discover'd, by a Gentleman's Gardener, in Maidenhead-Thicket.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]
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The wheel of fortune: a comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By Richard Cumberland, Esq
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.Date: 1795
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The Whet-stone Or The spawn of the puzzle. Being a fresh collection of conundrums, never before published.
Date: In the year MDCCXLV. [1745]
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A Whetstone for dull wits; or A poesy of new and ingenious riddles
Date: [1775?]