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Creator:
Puzzle-cause, Oliver
Published / Created:
[between 1775 and 1790?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
A joke letter; at end is added: "From such examples as of this and that, we are all taught to know - I know not what".
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A curious letter from Oliver Puzzle-cause
Published / Created:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Call Number:
646 773 H24B
Image Count:
91
Description:
Page 104 misnumbered '103'.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Ranger, Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Prostitution, Almanacs, English, Sex, City & town life, Couples, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1773 : containing an exact description of the most celebrated ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis
Published / Created:
MDCCLXIV [1764]
Call Number:
646 764 H24
Image Count:
76
Description:
Signatures: [A]⁶(-A1) a⁶ B-L⁶ M⁴(-M4) [$3 signed (-B2,3)].
Publisher:
Printed for H. Ranger, near Temple-Bar
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Prostitution, Almanacs, English, and Sex
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 : containing, an exact description of the persons, tempers, and accomplishments of the several ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 98
Image Count:
103
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, in the style of The Spectator for year 1768. The volume's contents are primarily tongue-in-cheek, including a dedication to Nobody; a narrative autobiography of a flea; advice to readers; and a discussion on the art of p...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Periodicals, and Religious literature, English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Speculator, 1768
Branch:v1.68.7 ,Deployed:2025-07-09T09:08:23-04:00