The Punster's Pocket-book

The Punster's Pocket-book

Charles Molloy Westmacott, British journalist and author (1788-1868)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- A Word To The Witty And The Wise

- Prolegomena On Punning

- The Origin Of Punning

- Ars Pun-ica, Sive Flos Linguarum

- A Specimen

- Preface

- A Paragraph Of The First Preface

- A Second Preface

- The Art Of Punning

- Tom Pun-sibi

- Advertisement

- A Punning Letter To The Earl Of Pembroke

- A Letter Giving An Account Of A Pestilent Neighbour

- A Punning Epistle On Money

- God's Revenge Against Punning

- The Birth Of A Pun

- The English Celebrated For Punning On Names

- Of Punning On Surnames

- An Epitaph Or Punning Run Mad

- Benjamin Bashful On The Vice Of Punning

- To Bernard Blackmantle, Esq

- Examples In Punning

- Royal Puns

- The Conversational Punster

- Norburyana

- Punning Epigrams

- The Sporting Punsters

- On Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor Of England

- On Recollections Of Lord Byron

- Walking For Life

- The Punster's Court

- Puns For All Persons And Purposes

- A Punning Essay

- Every Man His Own Punster, Being Rules For Punning