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of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744), by Corbyn Morris

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Title: An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)

Author: Corbyn Morris

Commentator: James L. Clifford

Release Date: July 7, 2005 [EBook #16233]

Language: English

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Series Two:
_Essays on Wit_

No. 4

[Corbyn Morris]
_An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards
of Wit, Humour, Raillery, Satire, and Ridicule_
(1744)

With an Introduction by
James L. Clifford
and
a Bibliographical Note

The Augustan Reprint Society
November, 1947
Price: $1.00

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GENERAL EDITORS

RICHARD C. BOYS, University of Michigan
EDWARD NILES HOOKER, University of California, Los Angeles
H.T. SWEDENBERG, JR., University of California, Los Angeles

ADVISORY EDITORS

EMMETT L. AVERY, State College of Washington
LOUIS I. BREDVOLD, University of Michigan
BENJAMIN BOYCE, University of Nebraska
CLEANTH BROOKS, Yale University
JAMES L. CLIFFORD, Columbia University
ARTHUR FRIEDMAN, University of Chicago
SAMUEL H. MONK, University of Minnesota
JAMES SUTHERLAND, Queen Mary College, London

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INTRODUCTION

The _Essay_ here reproduced was first advertised in the London _Daily
Advertiser_ as "this day was published" on Thursday, 17 May 1744 (The
same advertisement, except for the change of price from one shilling
to two, appeared in this paper intermittently until 14 June). Although
on the title-page the authorship is given as "By the Author of a
Letter from a By-stander," there was no intention of anonymity, since
the Dedication is boldly signed "Corbyn Morris, Inner Temple, Feb. 1