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Contains John Jay's "New song of similes" under the altered title of "Similes: to Molly", pp: Lnd Sandwich & femmy tuitidin Scribbrus Club, p.

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LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER

BEING THE ENTIRE WORKS OF

MOMUS, JESTER OF OLYMPUS, DEMOCRITUS, THE MERRY PHILOSOPHER OF GREECE,

AND THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS DISCIPLES,

BEN JONSON, BUTLER, SWIFT, GAY, JOSEPH MILLER, ESQ. CHURCHILL,
VOLTAIRE, FOOTE, STEEVENS, WOLCOT, SHERIDAN, CURRAN,

COLMAN, AND OTHERS:

TRANSLATED INTO OUR VERNACULAR ENGLISH TONGUE,

BY JOHN BULL, ESQ.

With numerous Additions, Interpolations, and Improvements, by the Editor, and different Branches of

the Bull Family.

Laughing is the high prerogative of man, and that sublime and noble quality which distinguishes
him from the brute creation. Those who cannot laugh gracefully, heartily, and by the hour at a time,
scarcely ought to be ranked among the man species. The sayings of Momus, the writings of Demo
critus, and the attic works of Joe Miller, should, therefore, be studied in our Universities and Tap-
Rooms, Palaces and Cottages, Drawing-rooms and Kitchens, not only for health and pleasure, but from
due regard to the dignity and honourable distinction of man."-G. A. STEVENS.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY SHERWOOD, JONES, AND CO. PATERNOSTER-ROW; JOHN ANDERSON, JUN, EDINBURGH;
1. CUMMING, DUBLIN; AND TO BE HAD OF ALL DEALERS IN CLASSICAL LITERATUKE.

Price 10s. 6d. bound.

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PROLOGUE.

GENTLE READER,

present thee with a volume of examples of WIT. Whatever be thy humour, its ontents must please thee even in spite of thyself. Whatever be thy diseases of mind, thou wilt here find medicine for all of them-antidotes to bad weather, dull neighbourhoods, contrary winds, protracted remittances, chronic disorders, lawsuits, gout, scolding wives, drunken husbands, and all the numerous et cæteras in the catalogue of life's miseries. With this volume in thy hands, thou mayst always enjoy the soul's calm sunshine," and be a stranger to ennui, hypochondria, the blue devils, and devils of all colours, which would disturb thy repose and sense of welleing.

Talk of the Philosopher's Stone, Fortunatus's Wishing-cap, and the diminutive Ganticide's Invisible Coat, these are mere baubles, when compared with this book, for thou wilt be cheerful, merry, and without any wants, while thou hast in thy anch or pocket this unfailing and omnipotent talisman. "I would rather," said a profound philosopher, "have been born with a cheerful disposition, than heir to ten housand a-year," and he might have said, twenty or fifty thousand; for what is alth without that healthful state of mind, which this golden volume will infallibly are? THIS BOOK IS THEREFORE Worth TWENTY THOUSAND A-YEAR; and its possessor (y look down with pity on the man, however wealthy, who nevertheless lacks this sare, Before breakfast, it will create good spirits for the day; after dinner, it will note digestion and healthful secretions; and after supper, it will so weary thy des, and exercise thy diaphragm, that repose, sound and sweet, will be the cercompanion of thy pillow.

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