The Complete London Jester, or, wit's companion [electronic resource] : Containing all the fun and all the humour, all the learning and all the judgment, which have lately slowed from the two universities, from the two theatres, from White's Chocolate-house, from the Bedford Coffee-house; or, from the spouting clubs, and choice spirits clubs in London and Westminster. Including all the fashionable jests, epigrams, merry tales, humorous jokes, bon mots, conundrums, Irish bulls, comical humbugs, droll narrations, smart repartees, new adventures, funny epitaphs, and witticisms. Which will expel care, drown grief, banish the spleen, improve the wit, create mirth, entertain company, and give the reader a light heart, and a chearful countenance. The whole teaching the agreable art of story-telling, and furnishing pieces of wit, for the amusement and improvement of both sexes. The sixth edition. To which is added a genteel collection of the various toasts, sentiments, and Hob-Nobs, now in fashion.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Complete London Jester, or, wit's companion

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for T. Lowndes in Fleet-street, 1771.

Notes:

Titlepage in red and black.

Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.)

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T226754.

OCLC:

510737938