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
Proper Answer, A, 206
Proper Distinction, 174
Proper Name, A, 299
Proper Retort, A, 116
Prophecy, A, 74
Prosiness, 363
Proud Heart, A, 191
Proverb Reversed, A, 186
Provident Boy, A, 62
Proving their Metal, 16
Pulling up a Poet, 338
Punctuation, 139
Pungent Pinch, A, 336
"Puppies never See till they are Nine Days Old", 192
Pure Folks, 144
Purser, The, 28
Putting a Stop to Pilgrim's Progress, 90
Q.E.D., 79
Quaint Epitaph, 364
Qualifying for Bail, 33
Quantum Suff, 212
Quakerly Objection, A, 80
Queer Expression, A, 282
Queer Partners, 172
Query Answered, A, 62
Query for Mr. Babbage, A, 209
Question and Answer, 60
Question Answered, 312
Question for the Peerage, A, 167
Question of Descent, A, 354
Question of Time, 133
Quick Lie, A, 346
Quid Pro Quo, 86, 216, 267, 269
Quiet Dose, A, 226
Quiet Theft, 151
Quin and Charles I., 316
Quin and the Parson, 227
Quin's Saying, 50
Quin's Soliloquy on Seeing the embalmed body of Duke Humphrey, at
St. Alban's, 38
Quite Aground, 199
Quite at Ease, 271
Quite Natural, 53
Quite Perfection, 24
Quite Poetical, 219
Quite Professional, 290
Quite True, 85
RAILROAD ENGINEER, THE, 155
Rake's Economy, A, 164
Rare Virtue, 43
Rather A-curate, 262
Rather Ethereal, 278
Rather Ferocious, 303
Rather Hard, 133
Rather Saucy, 161
Rather the Worst Half, 257
Ready-made Wood Pavement, 174
Ready Reckoner, A, 70, 163, 259
Ready Reply, A, 73
Reason, A, 311
Reason for being too Late, A, 356
Reason for Belief, A, 326
Reason for Going to Church, 70
Reason for not Moving, A, 338
Reason for Polygamy, A, 342
Reason for Running Away, 248
Reason for Thick Ankles, 293
Reason Why, The, 94, 231
Reasonable Demand, A, 149
Reasonable Excuse, A, 193
Reasonable Preference, A, 323
Reasonable Refusal, A, 241
Reasonable Request, 102
Reasons for Drinking, 242
Rebel Lords, The, 196
Rebuke, A, 251
Reciprocal Action, 355
Recruiting Sergeant and Countryman, 86
Reflection, A, 96
Reformation, 176
Relations of Mankind, 173
Remarkable Echo, A, 309
Reproof, 115
Republic of Learning, The, 107
Republic of Letters, The, 324
Reputation, 181
Resignation, 144
Resting Herself, 334
Retort Cutting, The, 31
Reverse, A, 214
Reverse Joke, A, 221
Reverse of Circumstances, 10
Richmond Hoax, The, 262
Right Organ, The, 242
Rigid Impartiality, 359
Ringing the Changes, 91
Rising Son, The, 1
Riskful Adventure, A, 331
Rivals, The, 110
Rogers--Poet and Skipper, 176
Rowing in the Same Boat, 128
Rowland for an Oliver, A, 163
Royal Favor, 63
Royal Jest, A, 366
Royal Muff, A, 164
Royal Pun, 145
Rub at a Rascal, A, 61
Rule of Practice, A, 354
Ruling Passion after Death, The, 51
Ruling Passion Strong in Death, The, 200, 350
Ruling Passion, The, 129, 218, 367
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