An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) is part of the Historical, Psychological & Social Fiction catalogue. The record identifies Clifford, James L. (James Lowry), 1901-1978 [Commentator], Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

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The extracted text contains approximately 24,584 words, corresponding to an estimated 107 minutes of reading, and is divided into 4 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 31.1 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.177. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Comedy, Wit and humor -- History and criticism. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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