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The fool: being a collection of essays and epistles : moral, political, humourous, and entertaining. Published in the Daily Gazetteer. With the author's preface, and a complete index.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Eighteenth century collections online.
Subjects:	Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Humor > Early works to 1800. Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Early works to 1800. Shirley, William, > 1694-1771 > Early works to 1800. Pilkington, Laetitia, > 1712-1750 > Early works to 1800. English essays > Early works to 1800. English wit and humor > Early works to 1800. Political culture > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Politics and culture > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Conduct of life > Early works to 1800. Moralities, English > Early works to 1800. Jacobites > Early works to 1800. Marriage > Early works to 1800.
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