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Loading... Shakespeare's Jest Books (1881)14 | None | 1,433,509 | None | 1 | Comprising Merie Tales Of The Mad Men Of Gotham; Mery Jests Of The Widow Edyth; Pasquils Jesis With Mother Bunches Merriments; The Pleasant Conceits Of Old Dobson; And Others. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.… (more) |
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- That I was disdainful, - and that I had my good wit out of the Hundred Merry Tales. BEATRICE, in Much Ado about Nothing. | |
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When a small impression of these quaint old books issued from the Chiswick Press, many years ago, under the auspices of the late Mr. S. W. Singer, that gentleman merely designed the copies struck off for presentation to a select circle of literary friends who, like himself, felt a warm interest in every relic of the past which helped to illustrate Shakespeare and ancient English manners.
Introduction. ¶ Of hym that said there were but two commandementes.
¶ A certayne Curate in the contrey there was that preched in the pulpet of the ten commaundementys, sayeng that there were ten commaundementes that euery man should kepe, and he that brake any of them commytted syn, howbeit he sayd, that somtyme it was dedely and sometyme venyal. ...
A C. mery Talys. ¶ Of hym that rode out of London and had his seruaunt folowynge on foote.
¶ There was a mane on a tyme that rode v myle out of London, and had is seruaunt folowyng after hym on fote, the whiche came so nere, that the horse strake hym a great stroke vpon the thye. ...
Tales, and quicke answeres, very mery, and pleasant to rede. | |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Comprising Merie Tales Of The Mad Men Of Gotham; Mery Jests Of The Widow Edyth; Pasquils Jesis With Mother Bunches Merriments; The Pleasant Conceits Of Old Dobson; And Others. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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