Tom Gay's Comical jester, [electronic resource] : or the wit's merry medley, refin'd, being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny joaks, merry stories, Humorous Adventures, Pleasant Tales, Strange Frolics, Smart Repartees, Witty Quirbles, Irish Bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, A curious Collection of New Conundrums, Rebusses and Riddles, sharp Epigrams, droll Epitaphs, amorous Poems, Songs, Fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that Dulness which infests most other Jest-Books and is calculated to kill Care, banish Sorrow, promote Mirth, crack the Sides, chear the Heart, and prove an everlasting Cordial for Low Spirits.
1765
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Tom Gay's Comical jester, [electronic resource] : or the wit's merry medley, refin'd, being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny joaks, merry stories, Humorous Adventures, Pleasant Tales, Strange Frolics, Smart Repartees, Witty Quirbles, Irish Bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, A curious Collection of New Conundrums, Rebusses and Riddles, sharp Epigrams, droll Epitaphs, amorous Poems, Songs, Fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that Dulness which infests most other Jest-Books and is calculated to kill Care, banish Sorrow, promote Mirth, crack the Sides, chear the Heart, and prove an everlasting Cordial for Low Spirits.
Author
Gay, Tom.
Publication Details
London : printed for Thomas Reddish, 1765.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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56p. ; 8⁰.
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Tom Gay is probably a pseudonym.
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Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, N13515.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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