Essays

About this eBook

Author

Praed, Winthrop Mackworth, 1802-1839

Original Publication

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887.

Credits

Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English essays -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71838

Release Date

October 9, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ESSAYS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.PREFACE. — Praed’s Essays.
4. 4.RHYME AND REASON.
5. 5.ON THE PRACTICAL BATHOS.
6. 6.NICKNAMES.
7. 7.YES AND NO.
8. 8.THOUGHTS ON THE WORDS “TURN OUT.”
9. 9.SOLITUDE IN A CROWD.
10. 10.POLITENESS AND POLITESSE.
11. 11.A WINDSOR BALL.
12. 12.LOVERS’ VOWS.
13. 13.ON THE PRACTICAL ASYNDETON.
14. 14.ON HAIR-DRESSING.
15. 15.ON A CERTAIN AGE.
16. 16.NOT AT HOME.
17. 17.MUSÆ O’CONNORIANÆ. LETTER FROM PATRICK O’CONNOR, ESQ. Enclosing Metrical Versions in the Greek and Latin Tongues. — Ι. — II. — ά. — β’.
18. 18.THE KNIGHT AND THE KNAVE. AΝ OLD ENGLISH TALE.
19. 19.MAD—QUITE MAD!
20. 20.THE BOGLE OF ANNESLIE; OR, THE THREE-CORNERED HAT. A TALE.
21. 21.ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY AT ETON.
22. 22.THE MISTAKE; OR, SIXES AND SEVENS.
23. 23.SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.
24. 24.MR. LOZELL’S ESSAY ON WEATHERCOCKS.
25. 25.GOLIGHTLY’S ESSAY ON BLUES. A FRAGMENT.
26. 26.OLD BOOTS.
27. 27.ON THE DIVINITIES OF THE ANCIENTS.
28. 28.REMINISCENCES OF MY YOUTH.
29. 29.ON TRUE FRIENDSHIP.
30. 30.THE COUNTRY CURATE.
31. 31.THE WEDDING: A ROMAN TALE.
32. 32.PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF PEREGRINE COURTENAY. — I. PEREGRINE OF CLUBS TO GEORGE OF ENGLAND. — II. PEREGRINE COURTENAY TO MR. BENJ. BOOKWORM. — III. PEREGRINE COURTENAY TO THE PUBLIC.
33. 33.ABDICATION OF THE KING OF CLUBS.
34. 34.THE UNION CLUB. A.D. 1823.
35. 35.MY FIRST FOLLY.
36. 36.POINTS.
37. 37.LEONORA.
38. 38.DAMASIPPUS.
39. 39.MY FIRST FLAME.
40. 40.THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING AN ELDER BROTHER.
41. 41.TOUJOURS PERDRIX.
42. 42.THE BEST BAT IN THE SCHOOL.

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