The New Joe Miller: A Selection of Modern Jests, Witticisms, Droll Tales, and Eccentric Effusions (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The New Joe Miller: A Selection of Modern Jests, Witticisms, Droll Tales, and Eccentric EffusionsA dashing gentleman, who was not reckoned among the number of the best paymasters, visiting his hatter, fixed upon one of the hats in the shop, which he wished to have sent home upon credit. This being refused, he exclaimed What! Do you refuse to give me credit for a hat? The hatter re plied, l have another trifling objection besides that of merely giving you credit. I should not like to be under the necessity of bowing to my own hat until you may choose to pay for it.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.