The festival of wit : or, the small talker. Consisting of anecdotes, epigrammatic flashes, Bon Mots, Repartees, and Puns, Royal, Noble, Naval, Military, Clerical, &c. with flights of humour and genius, selected from a voluminous works in the possession of G***** K***, summer resident at W----. With the life of the author and compiler, written by himself.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page,226 pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed by and for James and William Porter, No. 12, Skinner-Row; and for Pat. Byrne, No. 35, College-Green, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

G***** K*** = George King, purporting to be King George III.

W---- = Windsor.

Dedication dated; W----, Oct.4, 1782.

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 British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T75308.

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