Joe Miller's jests: or, The wits vade-Mecum. : Being a collection of the brilliant jests, the most excellent bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; many of them trascribed from the mouth of the facetious gentleman whose name they bear. To which are added, choice collection of moral senteces. And of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue; with the names of the authors to such as are known; most humbley inscribed to those choice spirits of the age, His Majesty's Poet Laureat, Mr. David Garrick, Mr. The. Cibber, Mr. Justice Loden's Horse, Tom Jones, the most impudent man living, the Rev. Mr. Henley, and Job Baker the kettle drummer.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,192 pages,plate : portrait ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for John Lever, at Little Moorgate, London Wall, Moorfields, [1750?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Compiled by John Mottley.

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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N53851.

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