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73. Pilkington, Laetitia, 1712-1750.

The celebrated Mrs. Pilkington's jests, or, The cabinet of wit and humour : to which is now first added, a great variety of bons mots, witticisms, and anecdotes of the inimitable Dr. Swift...2nd edition. (London : Printed for W. Nicoll, at the Paper Mill, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1764)

73. Pilkington, Laetitia, 1712-1750. The celebrated Mrs. Pilkington's jests

Mrs. Pilkington and her husband Matthew were friends of Swift’s in Ireland but their disreputable private lives led to divorce and the loss of the Dean’s friendship. Mrs. Pilkington supported herself with her pen and her Memoirs (1754) included biographical information on Swift. Her Jest-book has a frontispiece with Swift laughing at "Mrs. Pilkington jests in manuscript", while the devil looks on.

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