LONDON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
Page
Dedication to the King, [i]
A Word to the Witty and the Wise, [iii]
Description of Frontispiece, [vii]
Prolegomena on Punning,[1]
Origin of Punning,[19]
Art of Punning, by Swift and Sheridan,[23]
Satire on Sheridan, by Dr. Tisdal,[68]
Dying Speech of Tom Ashe,[72]
A Pestilent Neighbour,[77]
Punning Epistle on Money,[78]
God's Revenge against Punning, by Dr. Arbuthnot,[79]
The Birth of a Pun,[84]
Antiquity of Puns,[85]
Punning on Surnames,[86]
Punning run mad,[90]
Bashful on Punning,[93]
Examples in Punning,[97]
W. R. V—ana,[125]
Norburyana,[129]
Punning Epigrams,[143]
The Punster's Court,[165]
Puns for all Purposes,[166]
A Punning Essay,[183]
Every Man his own Punster,[190]