Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.
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Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior.
Author
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640.
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Amsterdam, :: Printed by Stephen Swart, at the crowned Bible, near the Exchange.,
Anno 1679.
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Democritus.
English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800.
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"Versatile ingenium, The Wittie companion, or Jests of all sorts. From citie and countrie, court and universitie. : With an account of the life of the laughing philosopher Democritus of Abder̀a. / By Democritus Junior." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A95862.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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A Gallan it seems upon a time cast his eye upon precise Mistriss Temperance, a Feather-makers Wi∣fe, and after a little conference, swore he would lie with her: What, says she, can't you glance upon a modest Woman as I am, but you must covet; indeed Brother I must chide you for it: Well, says she, but that I am tender of Oaths, and would be loath to have you break yours, for the Oaths sake I am willing to consent to you at present; but otherwise I profess I would not do it, if you'd give me a thousand pound.
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