Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 ; A New Collection of Humorous Stories and Anecdotes - Patten, William
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Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 ; A New Collection of Humorous Stories and Anecdotes, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.…mehr

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Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. 1 ; A New Collection of Humorous Stories and Anecdotes, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
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William Patten served in government during the reigns of King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I as an author, scholar, and government officer. William Patten, the son of clothworker Richard Patten and John Baskerville's daughter Grace, was born in London. William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester, was a brother of his grandpa, Richard Patten of Boslow, Derbyshire. His sister, Alice, was married to Armagil Waad, whom Patten referred to as a "friend" during his expedition into Scotland, and his mother, Grace, is supposed to have predeceased her husband. Patten was a student at Gonville Hall in Cambridge as well as the parish clerk and minor chaplain at St. Mary-at-Hill in Billingsgate, London. In Billingsgate, Patten's first wife, whose identity is unknown, passed away in 1549. Afterwards, he married Anne, who was a Johnson heiress's daughter from Boston, Lincolnshire. In The Calendar of Scripture, he defines