22-482: Carless may refer to: Betty Careless (c. 1704–1739), probably born Elizabeth Carless, notorious courtesan and bagnio owner in London Ernie Carless (1912–1987), Welsh cricketer Hugh Carless (1925–2011), British explorer and diplomat John Henry Carless (1896–1917), English Royal Navy sailor, posthumous First World War recipient of
44-640: A Joe-Millerism, or simply a Millerism. Joke 99 states: A Lady's Age happening to be questioned, she affirmed she was but Forty, and called upon a Gentleman that was in Company for his Opinion; Cousin, said she, do you believe I am in the Right, when I say I am but Forty? I ought not to dispute it, Madam, reply'd he, for I have heard you say so these ten Years. Joke 234 speaks of: A famous teacher of Arithmetick, who had long been married without being able to get his Wife with Child. One said to her 'Madam, your Husband
66-506: A Nobody also makes reference to Joe Miller when Lupin, son of the chief protagonist and diary writer, Mr. Pooter, sarcastically states, "Bravo Joe Miller" in response to one of Mr. Pooter's failed jokes. Joe Miller was also referred to in James Joyce 's " Ulysses " (1922) in the limerick that Lenehan whispers during the Aeolus episode to Stephen Dedalus , the last line of which is "I can't see
88-615: A Rake, at a bagnio, smoking Tobacco, drinking Punch, talking obscenity and swearing and cursing with all the Impudence and Impiety of the lowest and most abandoned Trull of a Soldier". Some idea of her reputation can be divined from the graffiti "Prayer" attributed to her in the Bog-House Miscellany (ca. 1731): "Grant us good lusty Men, ye gracious Pow'rs! Or else stop up those craving Things of ours!", and her inclusion in one of Joe Miller's Jests in which an admirer compliments her on
110-426: A mutually beneficial relationship; he lived for free while his society connections ensured a higher-class clientele for Careless's house. In Amelia , Henry Fielding recalled seeing her at a play when she was a young girl. Though, he said, "it was impossible to conceive a greater Appearance of Modesty, Innocence and Simplicity", her beauty disguised her true character. He had seen her a few days before "in bed with
132-679: Is William Ellis who was supposed to have been driven mad by his love for Betty. In his essay on Dr Johnson , Thomas Babington Macaulay portrays her as the archetypal courtesan, characterising the life of those of "literary character" as precarious, fortunate to be "sometimes drinking champagne and tokay with Betty Careless". Careless, alongside many of the other notorious bawds of the early 18th century, may have inspired Mrs Cole in John Cleland 's Fanny Hill . By early 1735 she had given up her house in Covent Garden ( Jane Douglas took it over); she
154-561: Is an excellent Arithmetician'. 'Yes, replies she, only he can't multiply.' Joe Miller was referred to in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol (1843), by the character Scrooge , who remarks "Joe Miller never made such a joke as sending [the turkey] to Bob's will be!" Dickens also references Joe-Millerism in Sketches by Boz , in chapter 1 of The Boarding-house . George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith 's 1892 comic novel, The Diary of
176-471: Is being chauffeured home in a sedan chair after a night on the town with Captain "Mad Jack" Montague (who rides on the top of the sedan chair) and a motley assortment of her companions, including her personal link-boy , Little Casey. In William Hogarth 's A Rake's Progress her name is carved on the steps by an inmate in the final scene. According to the notes in the Anecdotes of William Hogarth , this man
198-468: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Betty Careless Betty Careless or Betsy Careless ( c. 1704 –1739) was a notorious English prostitute and bagnio -owner. Probably born Elizabeth Carless (though she later used the name Mrs. Elizabeth Biddulph), she adapted her name to better suit her profession. Her name, beauty and reputation made her, like Sally Salisbury before her, something of an archetypal courtesan for
220-461: Is kicked by Sharper while his friend Bellmour tries to pull him away. This is described as a "very valuable engraving" in 1868. This ticket design was used for Joe Millers benefit performance on 13 April 1738. In "vacation periods" between working at Drury Lane, he performed for William Pinkethman 's company. He frequented the "Black Jack" tavern on Portsmouth Street in London, which was a favourite of
242-579: Is said to have been a friend of Hogarth . In 1715 he appeared on bills promoting a performance on the last day of April, where he played Young Clincher in Farquhar's comedy, The Constant Couple . On 25 April 1717 he played Sir Joseph Whittol in William Congreve 's "Old Batchelor". Tickets for this performance were adorned by a design by William Hogarth showing the scene where Whittol's friend Captain Bluffe
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#1732844467051264-649: Is therefore lost. After Miller's death, John Mottley (1692–1750) brought out a book called Joe Miller's Jests, or the Wits Vade-Mecum (1739), published under the pseudonym of Elijah Jenkins Esq. at the price of one shilling. This was a collection of contemporary and ancient coarse witticisms, only three of which are told of Miller. This first edition was a thin pamphlet of 247 numbered jokes. This ran to three editions in its first year. Later (not wholly connected) versions were entitled with names such as "Joe Miller's Joke Book", and "The New Joe Miller" to latch onto
286-411: The surname Carless . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carless&oldid=1221781404 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
308-457: The Drury Lane players and those from Lincoln's Inn Fields . Allegedly he was very serious in the bar and this led to an in-joke whereby all his companions ascribed all new jokes to him. His final performance was on 13 April 1738. On his death on 15 August he was buried at St Clement Danes on Portugal Street, London . This churchyard was later built over by King's College Hospital . The grave
330-634: The Joe Miller. Can you?". Isaac Asimov refers to Joe Miller's joke book on page 552 of Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare . The work is used in his explanation of Beatrice's barb toward Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing—Act II, scene i, lines 128–130. According to Leonard Feinberg, the 1734 edition contains one of the oldest examples of gallows humor . In the 1940 short film , One for the Book , in which characters emerge from famous books, one of
352-775: The Parish. Almost a certain Consequence attending Ladies in her unhappy Cast of Life. Joe Miller%27s Jests Joseph Miller (1684 – 15 August 1738) was an English actor, who first appeared in the cast of Sir Robert Howard 's Committee at Drury Lane in 1709 as Teague. Trinculo in The Tempest , the First Grave-digger in Hamlet and Marplot in Susanna Centlivre 's The Busybody , were among his many favourite parts. He
374-522: The Victoria Cross Roy Carless (1920–2009), Canadian cartoonist Simon Carless , video game industry journalist and editor See also [ edit ] Petrochem Carless Ltd , originally Carless, a UK oil company Careless (surname) Car-free city Kahless , a fictional character in the Star Trek universe [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
396-625: The perfection of her legs and says they are so alike that they "must be twins", to which Betty replies, "Oh no sir, for I have had more than one or two in between them". By the early 1730s she had reached the peak of her professional career, and she moved to a house in the Little Piazza in Covent Garden to try her hand as a bawd . She takes centre-stage in Louis Peter Boitard 's 1739 picture The Covent Garden Morning Frolick , in which she
418-716: The poor house. Much later, Fielding recorded her epitaph in The Covent Garden Journal : On Wednesday Evening last [April 22d] was buried from the Parish-House of Covent- Garden, Mrs. Careless, well known for many Years by the Name of Betty Careless by the gay Gentlemen of the Town, of whose Money she had been the Occasion (as it is said) of spending upward of fifty thousand Pounds, tho' at last reduced to receive Alms from
440-514: The popular culture of the day. She was born around 1704 in London . Nothing is known of her early life, but she was an established courtesan by the 1720s. Initially under the protection of the barrister Robert Henley (later Lord Chancellor ), by 1729 when she opened her own house in Tavistock Row she was attached to Sir Charles Wyndham (later Earl of Egremont ). Wyndham and Careless probably had
462-474: The popularity of both Joe Miller himself and the popularity of Mottley's first book. Joke books of this format (i.e. "Mr Smith's Jests") were common even before this date. It was common practice to learn one or two jokes for use at parties etc. Owing to the low quality of the jokes in Mottley's book, their number increasing with each of the many subsequent editions, any time-worn jest came to be called "a Joe Miller",
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#1732844467051484-620: Was drinking heavily and could not duplicate the success she had enjoyed as a prostitute when she attempted to run a brothel. She announced that she would be opening a "Coffee House" in Prujean's Court at the Old Bailey, but she herself acknowledged that the place was ill-situated for her business and in her advertisement practically begged her customers to continue to visit her. The Gentleman's Magazine announced in October 1739 that she had been buried from
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