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Fun for the parlour 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.

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

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Additional Authors
Gale (Firm)
Description
86p.,plate; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Lectures.
Note
  • Titlepage in red and black.
  • Braces in title.
  • Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642521375
  • T191447
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. 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.
Imprint
London : printed and sold by S. Bladon, at No. 28, in Paternoster-Row, [1771]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T191447.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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