A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time
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INTRODUCTION
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A CENTURY OF ESSAYS
A PRINTER'S PROLOGUE
DAME PRUDENCE ON RICHES
OF PAINTING THE FACE
HAMLET'S ADVICE TO THE PLAYERS
OF ADVERSITY
OF TRAVEL
OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF
OF AMBITION
OF GARDENS
OF STUDIES
THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER
ON DEATH
OF WINTER
HOW A GALLANT SHOULD BEHAVE HIMSELF IN A PLAY-HOUSE
OF MYSELF
THE GRAND ELIXIR
JACK LIZARD
A MEDITATION UPON A BROOMSTICK, ACCORDING TO THE STYLE AND MANNER OF THE HON. ROBERT BOYLE'S MEDITATIONS
PULPIT ELOQUENCE
THE ART OF POLITICAL LYING
A RURAL RIDE
THE MAN IN BLACK
OLD MAIDS AND BACHELORS
THE IMPORTANT TRIFLER
THE TRIFLER'S HOUSEHOLD
WESTMINSTER HALL
THE LITTLE BEAU
THE CLUB
THE MEETING OF THE CLUB
SIR ROGER AT HOME (1)
SIR ROGER AT HOME (2)
SIR ROGER AT HOME (3)
SIR ROGER AT HOME (4)
SIR ROGER AT CHURCH
SIR ROGER ON THE WIDOW
SIR ROGER IN THE HUNTING FIELD
SIR ROGER AT THE ASSIZES
GIPSIES
WITCHES
SIR ROGER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
SIR ROGER AT THE PLAY
SIR ROGER AT SPRING-GARDEN
DEATH OF SIR ROGER
A STAGE-COACH JOURNEY
A JOURNEY FROM RICHMOND
A PRIZE FIGHT
GOOD TEMPER
THE EMPLOYMENTS OF A HOUSEWIFE IN THE COUNTRY
THE STAGE COACH
THE SCHOLAR'S COMPLAINT OF HIS OWN BASHFULNESS
THE MISERY OF A MODISH LADY IN SOLITUDE
THE HISTORY OF AN ADVENTURER IN LOTTERIES
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
ALL FOOLS' DAY
WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS
MY FIRST PLAY
DREAM-CHILDREN; A REVERIE
THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS
A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
POOR RELATIONS
THE CHILD ANGEL
OLD CHINA
POPULAR FALLACIES
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II
III
WHITSUN-EVE
ON GOING A JOURNEY
ON LIVING TO ONE'S-SELF[28]
OF PERSONS ONE WOULD WISH TO HAVE SEEN
ON A SUN-DIAL
OF THE FEELING OF IMMORTALITY IN YOUTH
A VISION
UPON EPITAPHS
JEEMS THE DOORKEEPER
ON LIFE
WALKING STEWART
ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH
THE DAUGHTER OF LEBANON
GETTING UP ON COLD MORNINGS
THE OLD GENTLEMAN
THE OLD LADY
THE MAID-SERVANT[51]
CHARACTERISTICS
TUNBRIDGE TOYS
NIGHT WALKS
"A PENNY PLAIN AND TWOPENCE COLOURED"
THE JULY GRASS
WORN-OUT TYPES
BOOK-BUYING
THE WHOLE DUTY OF WOMAN
STEELE'S LETTERS
A DEFENCE OF NONSENSE
THE COLOUR OF LIFE
A FUNERAL
FIRES
THE LAST GLEEMAN
A BROTHER OF ST. FRANCIS
THE PILGRIMS' WAY
ON A GREAT WIND
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