The Merry companion: or, A cure for the spleen; a collection of the most diverting tales and entertaining poems ever yet published Among which are the following. The merry monarch, or knighthood a jest, a tale. The gossips tale under the rose. The ladle, a tale. The cobler, a tale. The impertinent, a satire. The Miller's tale, from chancer. Paulo Purganti and his wife, an honest, but a simple pair. The convert to tobacco, a tale. Mrs. Harris's petition to the lords justices. A winter's journey to preach. A soldier and a scholar. A true tale of a young squire. The pig, a tale. Hans Carvel, a tale. The dove, a tale, Cupid turn'd thief, a tale. A session of the poets. A tale from boccace, or A cure for cuckoldom. The oxonian's trip to the drawing room. The weighty fryar, or A cargo of sins thrown over-board. The Last will and testament of Mr. Matthew A-y Bed-maker and sweeper at Cambridge. Baucis and Philemon. Mary the cook maid's letter to Dr. Sheridan. With many others equally agreeable

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Corbett, Charles
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London Printed for the printer, and sold by Charles Corbett, bookseller and publisher, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1730, [1730]
Subjects:	English Fiction / 18th Century English Poetry / 18th Century
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1704200300?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa