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The muses choice [electronic resource] : or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour,...

The muses choice [electronic resource] : or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour,...

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The muses choice [electronic resource] : or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour, diversified with an uncommon variety of merry tales; Pointed Satire's; Pastoral Eclogues; Humourous Descriptions, Comic Characters in High and Low Life; Songs, English, Welsh, Scots and Irish; Rebusses on Drinking Glasses, &c. Epigrams, smart and tart; Epitaphs, odd and curious, &c. &c. All calculated for the Improvement and Diversion of the Young and the Gay, the Sportive and facetious; and suited to promote Mirth in Good Company, or divert a melancholy Hour. Extracted, partly, from the Works of the most celebrated Authors, such as Congreve, Pope, Swift, Gay, Prior, &c. and, partly, from Originals, taken from private Manuscripts.

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The muses choice [electronic resource] : or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour, diversified with an uncommon variety of merry tales; Pointed Satire's; Pastoral Eclogues; Humourous Descriptions, Comic Characters in High and Low Life; Songs, English, Welsh, Scots and Irish; Rebusses on Drinking Glasses, &c. Epigrams, smart and tart; Epitaphs, odd and curious, &c. &c. All calculated for the Improvement and Diversion of the Young and the Gay, the Sportive and facetious; and suited to promote Mirth in Good Company, or divert a melancholy Hour. Extracted, partly, from the Works of the most celebrated Authors, such as Congreve, Pope, Swift, Gay, Prior, &c. and, partly, from Originals, taken from private Manuscripts.

Publisher

Dublin : printed for Thomas Armitage, in Crampton-Court, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Date

M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Record Identifier

74VvoA6NvQzy

MMS ID

991013317529702626

Language

English

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Physical content

168p.,plate ; 24°.

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Publisher

Dublin : printed for Thomas Armitage, in Crampton-Court, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Edition

The fourth edition.

Place of Publication

Ireland Dublin.

Date Published

M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

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

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The muses choice [electronic resource] : or, the merry fellow. Being a collection of wit and humour, diversified with an uncommon variety of merry tales; Pointed Satire's; Pastoral Eclogues; Humourous Descriptions, Comic Characters in High and Low Life; Songs, English, Welsh, Scots and Irish; Rebusses on Drinking Glasses, &c. Epigrams, smart and ta...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Verse.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T85786.

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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74VvoA6NvQzy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoA6NvQzy

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MMS ID

991013317529702626