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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gay, Tom.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor--Early works to 1800.

English wit and humor.

Genre:

Humorous works.

Physical Description:

56 pages ; 8⁰

Other Title:

Comical jester

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Thomas Reddish, 1765.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Tom Gay is probably a pseudonym.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N13515.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.