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Fun for the parlour [electronic resource] : or, All Merry Above Stairs. Consisting of a great and pl...

Fun for the parlour [electronic resource] : or, All Merry Above Stairs. Consisting of a great and pl...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBVwWb3MM

Fun for the parlour [electronic resource] : or, All Merry Above Stairs. Consisting of a great and pleasing variety of comic lectures, delivered on various occasions, by right heads, wrong heads, feather heads, ... Heads, Wooden Heads, Brazen Heads, and by some Heads that are of no Use to their Owners. Many of which were never printed before. Exhibiting a droll Medley of Pleasing Tales, Entertaining Stories, Diverting Jests, Comical Bulls, Queer Puns, Quaint Sayings, Keen Waggeries, Brillant Bon Mots, Smart Repartees, Merry Adventures, Droll Narrations, Wonderful Frolicks, Humourous Riddles, Puzzling Conundrums, Funny Rebusses, Whimsical Epigrams, Witticisms, and Strokes of Humour; Entertaining to read, pleasing to hear, powerful in raising the Spirits, chearing the Heart, and brightening the Countenance: And are calculated to render Conversation agreeable, and to pass long Evenings with Wit and Merriment. To which are added, puzzles for the wits: With their Solutions; Which makes ye All as Wise as the Author. .

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Fun for the parlour [electronic resource] : or, All Merry Above Stairs. Consisting of a great and pleasing variety of comic lectures, delivered on various occasions, by right heads, wrong heads, feather heads, ... Heads, Wooden Heads, Brazen Heads, and by some Heads that are of no Use to their Owners. Many of which were never printed before. Exhibiting a droll Medley of Pleasing Tales, Entertaining Stories, Diverting Jests, Comical Bulls, Queer Puns, Quaint Sayings, Keen Waggeries, Brillant Bon Mots, Smart Repartees, Merry Adventures, Droll Narrations, Wonderful Frolicks, Humourous Riddles, Puzzling Conundrums, Funny Rebusses, Whimsical Epigrams, Witticisms, and Strokes of Humour; Entertaining to read, pleasing to hear, powerful in raising the Spirits, chearing the Heart, and brightening the Countenance: And are calculated to render Conversation agreeable, and to pass long Evenings with Wit and Merriment. To which are added, puzzles for the wits: With their Solutions; Which makes ye All as Wise as the Author. .

Publisher

London : printed and sold by S. Bladon, at No. 28, in Paternoster-Row, [1771]

Date

[1771]

Record Identifier

74VvBVwWb3MM

MMS ID

991016429159702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

86p.,plate ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed and sold by S. Bladon, at No. 28, in Paternoster-Row, [1771]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1771]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Fun for the parlour [electronic resource] : or, All Merry Above Stairs. Consisting of a great and pleasing variety of comic lectures, delivered on various occasions, by right heads, wrong heads, feather heads, ... Heads, Wooden Heads, Brazen Heads, and by some Heads that are of no Use to their Owners. Many of which were never printed before. Exhibi...

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Notes

General note

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Titlepage in red and black.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T191447.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

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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Record Identifier

74VvBVwWb3MM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBVwWb3MM

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MMS ID

991016429159702626