Books with author Brown

Excerpt from Amusements Serious and Comical, Calculated for the Meridian of LondonT'other Day one of the Imaginary Serious Wits, who thought it a Weak nefs in any Man to laugh Seeing a Copy of this Book; at the opening of it, fell into a Pafiion, and Wrink ling up his N of'trils like a heated Stal lion that hada Mare in the Wind,faid, The Book was unworthy of the Tin tie; for Grave Subjects, fliould be treated with Decorum, and 'twas to profane Serious Matters, to blend them with Comical Entertainments. What a Mixture is here fays he!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.