Project Gutenberg 2007-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 89 Hurlothrumbo Thrumbo, Hurlo Guffey, George Robert 1932 The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1" is a collection of satirical poetry and humorous writings compiled by an anonymous author known as Hurlo Thrumbo, published in the early 18th century. The book draws from graffiti and inscriptions supposedly made with diamonds on drinking glasses and windows, often in taverns and public places. It captures the spirit of the early 1700s, a time when social class distinctions were prominent yet often humorously blurred through shared human experiences portrayed in these poems. The content of the book is a lively assortment of comedic epigrams, clever wordplay, and raucous observations about love, drunkenness, and social interactions. Each piece, often set in the context of pub culture and common daily life, employs a tongue-in-cheek tone to comment on the foibles of both the elite and the common folk. Themes of amorous pursuits, character sketches, and playful jabs at societal norms create a rich tapestry of early 18th-century wit, making it an amusing reflection on human behavior and the quirks of social etiquette. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- 18th century Graffiti -- England -- History -- 18th century GT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 100619 100483 2024-10-09T06:16:57.479616 2023-09-09T08:37:54.832868 text/html text/html 97078 2007-02-10T16:05:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii 74615 2007-02-10T16:05:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 172544 2024-10-09T06:17:06.691551 application/epub+zip 171070 2024-10-09T06:17:02.378558 application/epub+zip 103029 2024-10-09T06:17:00.309601 application/epub+zip 424444 2024-10-09T06:17:09.512545 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412067 2024-10-09T06:17:05.437538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192720 2022-08-09T12:25:24.020210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72912 72814 2024-10-09T06:16:56.651597 2023-09-09T08:37:54.253873 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 72860 2007-02-10T16:05:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29091 2007-02-10T16:05:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19685 2024-10-09T06:17:09.662516 application/rdf+xml 24646 2024-10-09T06:17:01.149628 image/jpeg 4392 2024-10-09T06:17:00.726568 image/jpeg 171651 2024-10-09T06:16:57.493607 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog