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A Noble Man in this Kingdom desired a Gentleman (that was a merry Wag) to accompany him down in the Country this
Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P.
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- Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P.
- Author
- Hickes, William, fl. 1671.
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- London :: printed for Hen. Rhodes, next door to the Swan-Tavern, near Bride-Lane in Fleet street,
- 1686.
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- English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
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"Coffee-house jests. Refined and enlarged. By the author of the Oxford jests. The fourth edition, with large additions. This may be re-printed, Feb. 25. 1685. R.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43690.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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last Summer, wherein they had several mer∣ry Discourses, and among the rest, the Lord desired him to ask what it was a Clock; so he askt a Shepherd that was on one side of the Coach, what it was a Clock? and he said Four, then he askt another on t'other side of the Coach, and he said Five; then the Lord askt what it was a Clock? and he told him Nine: How so? says he; Why my Lord, says he, he on this side the Coach told me 'twas Four, and the other Five, and is not that Nine: then the Lord bid him look on his Watch; which it seems was half an hour to slow; and my Lords went too fast; yet he told him, That his went the rightest: No my Lord, says he, mine must needs be truest, for you know the Proverb is, slow and sure.