The Complete London Jester, or, wit's companion : 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 | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for T. Lowndes in Fleet-street, 1771. |
| Description | 144 pages : illustrations ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Titlepage in red and black. |
| General note | Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.) |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T226754. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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