The merry philosopher or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the Criterion for distinguishing true and genuine Wit from that which is False and Spurious: Together with instructions for improving the taste of those, who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour. By George Frederick Meier, Professor of Philosophy at Halle, Member of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and Author of several much-admired Works in the German Language. Now first translated into English from the German original.
- Meier, Georg Friedrich, 1718-1777.
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- M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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Gedancken von Schertzen. English
The merry philosopher; or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the Criterion for distinguishing true and genuine Wit from that which is False and Spurious: Together with instructions for improving t
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London : printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, and W. Nicoll, at the Paper-Mill, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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