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
Outline of an Ambassador, 272
Outward Appearance, 28
Over-wise, 101
Oxford and Cambridge Actors, 132
PADDY'S LOGIC, 54
Painful Examination, A, 325
Painted Charms, 327
Painting, 162, 166
Painting and Medicine, 221
Par Nobile Fratrum, 148
Pardonable Mistake, A, 6
Parliamentary Case, 272
Parliamentary Reprimand, 184
Participation in a Practical Joke, 282
Partnership Dissolved, 88
Passing the Bottle, 11
Pat Reply, A, 161
Patience, 305
Patrick Henry, 175
Paying in Kind, 130, 257
Pence Table, 108
Perfect Bore, A, 246
Perfect Discontent, 131
Personalities of Garrick and Quin, 231
Pert, 164
Pertinent Enquiry, 208
Pertinent Question, A, 310, 347
Phenomenon Accounted for, A, 63
Philanthropist, The, 165
Philip, Earl, of Stanhope, 359
Philosophical Reason, A, 255
Phonetic Joke, A, 144
Picking Pockets, 321
Pickpocketing, 97
Piece de Resistance, 123
Piece of Plate, A, 113
Pig-headed, 56
Pigs and the Silver Spoon, The, 292
Pill Gratis, A, 133
Pink of Politeness, The, 36
Pious Minister, A, 131
Place Wanted, A, 67
Placebo, A, 67
Plain Enough, 267
Plain Language, 149
Plain Speaking, 249
Play upon Words, A, 256
Player, or Lord, 320
Playing on a Word, 33
Pleasant, 252
Pleasant Deserts, 72
Pleasant for a Father, 354
Pleasant Invitation, 8
Pleasant Message, A, 363
Pleasant Partner, A, 275
Plumper, A, 325
Plural Number, The, 249
Poet Foiled, The, 190
Poetical shape, A, 64
Poets to certain Critics, The, 225
Point, A, 106
Point Needing to be Settled, A, 349
Polite Rebuke, A, 208
Polite Scholar, The, 85
Political Corruption, 80
Political Logic, 348
Political Sinecure, 240
Poor Curate, The, 296
Poor Laugh, A, 349
Poor Law, 343
Poor Substitute, A, 301
Pope's Last Illness, 281
Popping the Question, 25
Porson _v._ Dr. Jowett, 214
Porson's Visit to the Continent, 27
Portmanteau _v._ Trunk, 127
Portrait Capitally Executed, A, 8
Poser, A, 44, 203, 226, 267, 287
Poser by Lord Ellenborough, A, 170
Possible Censors, 365
Post-Mortem, 69
Pot Valiant, 225
Powder without Ball, 281
Practical Retort, 248
Precautionary, 330
Preferable Way, A, 334
Preferment, 361
Prefix, A, 283
Pressing Reason, A, 232
Pretty, 308
Pretty Metaphor, A, 26
Pretty Picture, A, 38
Pretty Reply, A, 358
Previous Engagement, A, 366
Priest's Orders, 336
Prime's Preservative, 320
Primogeniture, 22
Prince of Orange and Judge Jefferies, The, 25
Principle of Governments, The, 314
Priority, 236
Probability, A, 147
Problem for Total Abstainers, A, 352
Profession and Practice, 331
Professional, 47
Professional Aim, A, 318
Professional Candor, 329
Professional Companions, 330
Professional Recognition, 351
Profitable Juggling, 97
Promise to Pay, A, 139
Proof Impression, 23
Proof Positive, 320
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