The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and SayingsLemon, Mark
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The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
Lemon, Mark
Anecdotes -- Great Britain; English wit and humor
French Language, 109
French Precipitation, 52
Full House, A, 257
Full Inside, 170
Full Proof, 74
Full Stop, A, 264
Funeral Invitation, 356
GAMBLING, 234
Garrick and Foote, 199
Garth and Rowe, 357
Generosity and Prudence, 213
Gently, Jemmy, 151
Genuine Irish Bull, 128
Genuine Laziness, 360
George II. and the Recorder, 106
Getting a Living, 274
"Getting the Worst of It", 340
Gluttons and Epicures, 153
Going from the Point, 335
Going to Extremes, 332
Gone Out, 360
Good Advice, 3, 152, 209, 211
Good at a Pinch, 223
Good Appetite, A, 254
Good at the Halt, 302
Good Authority, 173
Good Character, A, 304
Good Critic, A, 114
Good Enough for a Pig, 364
Good Evidence, 227
Good Example, A, 83
Good Excuse, A, 134
Good Eyes, 274
Good Hearing, 206
Good-hearted Fellow, A, 81
Good Investment, A, 235
Good Jail Delivery, A, 183
Good Joke, A, 210
Good Judge, A, 361
Good Likeness, A, 253
Good Mixture, A, 283
Good Neighbor, A, 197
Good News for the Chancellor, 144
Good One, A, 135
Good Parson, A, 14
Good Place, A, 30
Good Reason, A, 47, 50, 53, 78
Good Reason for a Bad Cause, A, 313
Good Recommendation, A, 266
Good Riddance, 105
Good Servant, A, 66
Good Sport, 65
Good Swimmer, A, 171
Good Translation, A, 138
Good Wife, A, 250
Gouty Shoe, The, 189
Graceful Excuse, 175
Graceful Illustration, A, 230
Grafting, 218
Grammatical Distinction, A, 17
Grandiloquence, 248
Grandson, The, 299
Grave Doctor, A, 18
Great Cabbage, 251
Great Difference, A, 132
Gretna Customer, A, 100
Grim Joke, A, 360
Growl, A, 188
Grunt, A, 312
Guide to Government Situations, A, 59
HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 194
Half-way, 76
Hand and Glove, 21
Handsome Contribution, A, 42
Happiness, 41
Happy Man, A, 121
Happy Suggestion, A, 32
Hard Hit, A, 187
Hard of Digestion, 215
Hard-ware, 221
Having a Call, 258
Heavy Weight, A, 296
He "Lies Like Truth", 21
He who Sung "The Lays of Ancient Rome", 322
Henry VIII., 278
Hero-phobia, 20
Hesitation in his Writing, 59
Hiatus, A, 102
Hic-cupping, 10
High and Low, 36
High Gaming, 215
Highland Politeness, 186
Hinc Ille Lachrymae, 70
Hint for Genealogists, A, 191
His Way--Out, 188
Hoaxing an Audience, 206
Holland's Funeral, 308
Home Argument, A, 72
Home is Home, 19
Honest Horse, An, 31
Honest Man's Litany, The, 204
Honest Warranty, An, 94
Honor, 311
Honor to Tipperary, An, 338
Hook's Politeness, 127
Hopeful Pupil, The, 124
Hopeless Invasion, A, 322
Horne Tooke and Wilkes, 284
Horse Laugh, A, 7
Horses to Grass, 285
How to Escape Taxation, 238
How to get rid of an Enemy, 261
How to make a Man of Consequence, 168
Howe, Lord, 278
Human Happiness, 64
Humane Society at an Evening Party, The, 191
Humor under Difficulties, 52
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