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ARS PUN-ICA, SIVE FLOS LINGUARUM;
THE
ART OF PUNNING;
OR,
THE FLOWER OF LANGUAGES;
IN SEVENTY-NINE RULES:
FOR
THE FARTHER IMPROVEMENT OF CONVERSATION,
AND HELP OP MEMORY.
BY THE LABOUR AND INDUSTRY OF TOM PUN-SIBI.
"Ex ambigua dicta vel argutissima putantur; sed non semper in joco, sæpe etiam in gravitate versantur. — Ingeniosi enim videtur, vim verbi in aliud atque cæteri accipiant, posse ducere."Cicero, de Oratore, lib. ii, § 61, 2.
"The seeds of Punning are in the minds of all men."
Addison, Spect. N° 61.
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