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A century of English essays, by

A century of English essays, by

by Ernest Rhys

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Compiler
Vaughan, Lloyd
Title
A century of English essays : An anthology ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the writers of our own time
Credits
E-text prepared by David Clarke, Chandra Friend, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English essays
Category
Text
eBook-No.
32267
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32267
Release Date
May 5, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS — PAGE
  4. 4.A PRINTER'S PROLOGUE
  5. 5.DAME PRUDENCE ON RICHES
  6. 6.OF PAINTING THE FACE
  7. 7.HAMLET'S ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS
  8. 8.OF ADVERSITY
  9. 9.OF TRAVEL
  10. 10.OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF
  11. 11.OF AMBITION
  12. 12.OF GARDENS
  13. 13.OF STUDIES
  14. 14.THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER
  15. 15.ON DEATH
  16. 16.OF WINTER
  17. 17.HOW A GALLANT SHOULD BEHAVE HIMSELF IN A PLAY-HOUSE
  18. 18.OF MYSELF
  19. 19.THE GRAND ELIXIR
  20. 20.JACK LIZARD
  21. 21.A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK, ACCORDING TO THE STYLE AND MANNER OF THE HON. ROBERT BOYLE'S MEDITATIONS
  22. 22.PULPIT ELOQUENCE
  23. 23.THE ART OF POLITICAL LYING
  24. 24.A RURAL RIDE
  25. 25.THE MAN IN BLACK
  26. 26.OLD MAIDS AND BACHELORS
  27. 27.THE IMPORTANT TRIFLER
  28. 28.THE TRIFLER'S HOUSEHOLD
  29. 29.WESTMINSTER HALL
  30. 30.THE LITTLE BEAU
  31. 31.THE CLUB
  32. 32.THE MEETING OF THE CLUB
  33. 33.SIR ROGER AT HOME (1)
  34. 34.SIR ROGER AT HOME (2)
  35. 35.SIR ROGER AT HOME (3)
  36. 36.SIR ROGER AT HOME (4)
  37. 37.SIR ROGER AT CHURCH
  38. 38.SIR ROGER ON THE WIDOW
  39. 39.SIR ROGER IN THE HUNTING FIELD
  40. 40.SIR ROGER AT THE ASSIZES
  41. 41.GIPSIES
  42. 42.WITCHES — SIR ROGER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
  43. 43.SIR ROGER AT THE PLAY
  44. 44.SIR ROGER AT SPRING-GARDEN
  45. 45.DEATH OF SIR ROGER
  46. 46.A STAGE-COACH JOURNEY
  47. 47.A JOURNEY FROM RICHMOND
  48. 48.A PRIZE FIGHT
  49. 49.GOOD TEMPER
  50. 50.THE EMPLOYMENTS OF A HOUSEWIFE IN THE COUNTRY
  51. 51.THE STAGE COACH
  52. 52.THE SCHOLAR'S COMPLAINT OF HIS OWN BASHFULNESS
  53. 53.THE MISERY OF A MODISH LADY IN SOLITUDE
  54. 54.THE HISTORY OF AN ADVENTURER IN LOTTERIES
  55. 55.CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
  56. 56.ALL FOOLS' DAY
  57. 57.WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS
  58. 58.MY FIRST PLAY
  59. 59.DREAM-CHILDREN; A REVERIE
  60. 60.THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS
  61. 61.A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
  62. 62.POOR RELATIONS
  63. 63.THE CHILD ANGEL
  64. 64.OLD CHINA
  65. 65.POPULAR FALLACIES — I — II — III
  66. 66.WHITSUN-EVE
  67. 67.ON GOING A JOURNEY
  68. 68.ON LIVING TO ONE'S-SELF[28]
  69. 69.OF PERSONS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE SEEN
  70. 70.ON A SUN-DIAL
  71. 71.OF THE FEELING OF IMMORTALITY IN YOUTH
  72. 72.A VISION
  73. 73.UPON EPITAPHS
  74. 74.JEEMS THE DOORKEEPER
  75. 75.ON LIFE
  76. 76.WALKING STEWART
  77. 77.ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH
  78. 78.THE DAUGHTER OF LEBANON
  79. 79.GETTING UP ON COLD MORNINGS
  80. 80.THE OLD GENTLEMAN
  81. 81.THE OLD LADY
  82. 82.THE MAID-SERVANT[51]
  83. 83.CHARACTERISTICS
  84. 84.TUNBRIDGE TOYS
  85. 85.NIGHT WALKS
  86. 86."A PENNY PLAIN AND TWOPENCE COLOURED"
  87. 87.THE JULY GRASS
  88. 88.WORN-OUT TYPES
  89. 89.BOOK-BUYING
  90. 90.THE WHOLE DUTY OF WOMAN
  91. 91.STEELE'S LETTERS
  92. 92.A DEFENCE OF NONSENSE
  93. 93.THE COLOUR OF LIFE
  94. 94.A FUNERAL
  95. 95.FIRES
  96. 96.THE LAST GLEEMAN
  97. 97.A BROTHER OF ST. FRANCIS
  98. 98.THE PILGRIMS' WAY
  99. 99.ON A GREAT WIND

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