Shakespeare Jest-Books: Comprising Merie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham; XII Mery Jests of the Wydow Edyth; Pasquils Jests with Mother Bunches Merriments (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Shakespeare Jest-Books: Comprising Merie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham; XII Mery Jests of the Wydow Edyth; Pasquils Jests With Mother Bunches Merriments Wnimzies, 1639, was republished by Mr. Halliwell in 1860, the impression was limited to six-and - twenty copies, thus placing the volume scarcely more within the reach of an ordinary purchaser than it was before. In regard to Tne Pleasant Coneez'ts of Old Hobson, 1607, which is included in the present volume, and which is composed of anecdotes, to the ...
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Excerpt from Shakespeare Jest-Books: Comprising Merie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham; XII Mery Jests of the Wydow Edyth; Pasquils Jests With Mother Bunches Merriments Wnimzies, 1639, was republished by Mr. Halliwell in 1860, the impression was limited to six-and - twenty copies, thus placing the volume scarcely more within the reach of an ordinary purchaser than it was before. In regard to Tne Pleasant Coneez'ts of Old Hobson, 1607, which is included in the present volume, and which is composed of anecdotes, to the authorship of which the Merry Londoner had probably very slender claim, a passage may be quoted from Mr. Carrick's Memoir of the Laird of Logan, which is equally applicable to this and other attribu tions of the kind, originating in the desire of the writer to throw a halo of popularity round his facetious lucubrations It appears to have been almost a general practice in collect ing the jests or 'notable sayings which have become current in a nation, to ascribe the merit of such sayings to some personage, real or fictitious, who is supposed to have dis tinguished himself for his ready wit, racy humour, and fertile imagination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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