Wit led the way--with sportive jest, Next, Humour, most fantastic drest; The Graces, eldest of the Nine, Followed--collecting from each shrine, Where Genius shed a ray of light, Which might improve, instruct, delight. I may with great propriety contend, that under such merry designation, I am addressing a very large portion of the British public. If, beneath your patronage, this little work should prove as successful as the flattering anticipations of some friendly adepts in the art of punning have induced me to expect, it is my intention to collect and publish, annually, all the choicest _Morceaux_ and Vagaries relating to punning that can be obtained from the wits and witty works of our o…
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