The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia

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Author

Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847

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E-text prepared by Keren Vergon, William Flis, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English essays

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10343

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Release Date

November 1, 2003

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WITH A FRONTISPIECE — INTRODUCTION
2. 2.CONTENTS — THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA TEXT NOTE PAGE PAGE — APPENDIX TEXT NOTE PAGE PAGE — FRONTISPIECE
3. 3.ELIA
4. 4.OXFORD IN THE VACATION
5. 5.CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
6. 6.THE TWO RACES OF MEN
7. 7.NEW YEAR'S EVE
8. 8.MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST
9. 9.A CHAPTER ON EARS
10. 10.ALL FOOLS' DAY
11. 11.THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER
12. 12.VALENTINE'S DAY
13. 13.IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES
14. 14.WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS
15. 15.MY RELATIONS
16. 16.MACKERY END, IN HERTFORDSHIRE
17. 17.MODERN GALLANTRY
18. 18.THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE
19. 19.GRACE BEFORE MEAT
20. 20.MY FIRST PLAY
21. 21.DREAM-CHILDREN
22. 22.DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS
23. 23.THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS
24. 24.A COMPLAINT OF THE DECAY OF BEGGARS IN THE METROPOLIS
25. 25.A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
26. 26.A BACHELOR'S COMPLAINT OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF MARRIED PEOPLE
27. 27.ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS
28. 28.ON THE ARTIFICIAL COMEDY OF THE LAST CENTURY
29. 29.ON THE ACTING OF MUNDEN
30. 30.THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
31. 31.PREFACE
32. 32.BLAKESMOOR IN H——-SHIRE
33. 33.POOR RELATIONS
34. 34.STAGE ILLUSION
35. 35.TO THE SHADE OF ELLISTON
36. 36.ELLISTONIANA
37. 37.DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING
38. 38.THE OLD MARGATE HOY
39. 39.THE CONVALESCENT
40. 40.SANITY OF TRUE GENIUS
41. 41.CAPTAIN JACKSON
42. 42.THE SUPERANNUATED MAN
43. 43.THE GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING
44. 44.BARBARA S——
45. 45.THE TOMBS IN THE ABBEY
46. 46.AMICUS REDIVIVUS
47. 47.SOME SONNETS OF SIR PHILIP SYDNEY — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII
48. 48.NEWSPAPERS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
49. 49.BARRENNESS OF THE IMAGINATIVE FACULTY IN THE PRODUCTIONS OF MODERN ART
50. 50.REJOICINGS UPON THE NEW YEAR'S COMING OF AGE
51. 51.THE WEDDING
52. 52.THE CHILD ANGEL
53. 53.A DEATH-BED
54. 54.OLD CHINA
55. 55.POPULAR FALLACIES — I.—THAT A BULLY IS ALWAYS A COWARD — II.—THAT ILL-GOTTEN GAIN NEVER PROSPERS — III.—THAT A MAN MUST NOT LAUGH AT HIS OWN JEST — IV.—THAT SUCH A ONE SHOWS HIS BREEDING.—THAT IT IS EASY TO PERCEIVE HE IS NO GENTLEMAN — V.—THAT THE POOR COPY THE VICES OF THE RICH — VI.—THAT ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST — VII.—OF TWO DISPUTANTS, THE WARMEST IS GENERALLY IN THE WRONG — VIII.—THAT VERBAL ALLUSIONS ARE NOT WIT, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BEAR A TRANSLATION — IX.—THAT THE WORST PUNS ARE THE BEST — X.—THAT HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME DOES — XI.—THAT WE MUST NOT LOOK A GIFT-HORSE IN THE MOUTH — XII.—THAT HOME IS HOME THOUGH IT IS NEVER SO HOMELY — XIII.—THAT YOU MUST LOVE ME, AND LOVE MY DOG — XIV.—THAT WE SHOULD RISE WITH THE LARK — XV.—THAT WE SHOULD LIE DOWN WITH THE LAMB — XVI.—THAT A SULKY TEMPER IS A MISFORTUNE
56. 56.APPENDIX
57. 57.ON SOME OF THE OLD ACTORS
58. 58.THE OLD ACTORS
59. 59.THE OLD ACTORS — MR. SUETT — MR. MUNDEN
60. 60.NOTES
61. 61.THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
62. 62.APPENDIX
63. 63.INDEX — A — C — D — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y

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