Epigraph
“EXCRUCIATINGLY FUNNY,” says The World, is “English as she is Spoke, or a Jest in Sober thought.”
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“EVERY one who loves a laugh,” says Fun, “should either buy, beg, borrow, or—we had almost said steal—this book; for in sober earnest we aver that it is not given to every one to ‘jest so.’”
English
As She is Spoke:
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A Jest in Sober Earnest.