Fugitive pieces or, a collection of oddities, 1786.

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Fugitive pieces or, a collection of oddities, 1786.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 77 short anecdotes, verses, epitaphs, and aphorisms, many of them humorous. The volume includes "Meditations on a pudding" by Samuel Johnson, "Annecdotes of Henry the 4th of France," and "An Anecdote, An Epigram, and a Puzzle." One entry, for example, explains that "A gentleman wish'd to have twins, that he might say 'O gemini!' but he recollected the joke was too expensive."

1 v. (80 p.) ; 19 x 11 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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