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English Literature11
Brotherton Collection8

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wit and humor11
latin literature2
english literature2
erotic literature2
comedy2
rhetoric1
chapbooks, scottish1
language and languages1
ethics1

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Congreve, William (1670-1729)2
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)2
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)2
Congreve, William2
Plowden, Pilgrim1
Ozell, John (1743)1
Ozell, John1
Worrall, John (1726-)1
Smith, James1
Smith, James (1605-1667)1

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The witty and entertaining exploits of George Buchanan, commonly called the King's Fool : to which is added, Daft Watty's ramble to Carlisle

Graham, Dougal (1724-1779)

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

Anonymous. Attributed to Dougal Graham. Ill. on t.p. References: Fairley, J. A. Dougal Graham and the chap-books by and attributed to him (1914).

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The Scotch haggis : a selection of choice bon mots, Irish blunders, repartees, anecdotes, &c

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 37 of a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p. Two-line rhyme on t.p.

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Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times (v.2)

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)

1732

Contents: Vol.I. A Letter concerning Enthusiasm. Sensus Communis; an Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour. Soliloquy, or Advice to an Author -- Vol II. An Inquiry concerning Virtue and Merit. The Mo...

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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown : serious and comical, in prose and verse... with the life and character of Mr. Brown, and a key to all his writings (v.1)

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1715-1720

Title pages in black and red. General index to all four vols in vol. 1. The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only: each volume has special t.-p.

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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown : serious and comical, in prose and verse... with the life and character of Mr. Brown, and a key to all his writings (v.1, [10] p. of General I)

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1715-1720

Title pages in black and red. General index to all four vols in vol. 1. The above title is prefixed to v. 1 only: each volume has special t.-p.

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Reflections upon learning

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715); Ozell, John (1743); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1718

N3 signed H3.

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Musarum deliciæ : or, The muses recreation. Conteining severall pieces of poetique wit

Mennes, Sir John (1599-1671); Smith, James (1605-1667)

1656

Signatures: A4, B-G8, H4. Probably an unauthorized publication, Mennes being in France and Smith in disgrace. In the first edition (1655) Herringman admits responsibility for collecting these pieces...

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An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule : to which is added, an analysis of the characters of an humourist, Sir John Falstaff, Sir Roger de Coverly, and Don Quixote : inscribed to the Right Honorable Robert Earl of Orford

Morris, Corbyn (1710-1779); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1744

Dedication signed: Corbyn Morris. With a leaf of errata and advertisements between the dedication and introduction. Includes (p.66-75) Congreve's Essay concerning humour in comedy. By Corbyn Mor...

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Miscellaneous works of Dr. William Wagstaffe, physician to St. Bartholomew's-Hospital, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society : To which is prefix'd his life, and an account of his writings. Adorn'd with several curious cuts engrav'd on copper

Wagstaffe, William (1685-1725); Bowyer, Jonah (fl. 1702-1722); Isted, J (fl. 1726); Worrall, John (fl. 1726)

1726

First edition. Reissued as "the second edition" in the same year. Similar to ESTC T39440 but without the edition statement.

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Farrago

Plowden, Pilgrim

1733

A collection of poems and letters, principally humorous, the preface signed: Pilgrim Plowden, pseudonym of George Farewell. Cf. BLC. Attributed to -- Farewell by Halkett and Laing.

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Sensus communis : an essay on the freedom of wit and humour. In a letter to a friend

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)

1709

By Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury (ESTC).

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