The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4
Free
Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
Unknown
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4, by Charles Lamb, et al
E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Leonard Johnson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
THE
THE
WORKS
CHARLES LAMB.
IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV.
BOSTON
1860
1860
BOSTON
1860
1860
CONTENTS.
ROSAMUND GRAY, ESSAYS, ETC.
POEMS.
ALBUM VERSES, WITH A FEW OTHERS.
ROSAMUND GRAY, ESSAYS, ETC.
POEMS.
ALBUM VERSES, WITH A FEW OTHERS.
ROSAMUND GRAY, ESSAYS,
ETC.
TO
TO
MARTIN CHARLES BURNEY, ESQ.
ROSAMUND GRAY.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
ELINOR CLARE TO MARIA LESLIE.
FROM ELINOR CLARE TO MARIA BEAUMONT.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
ELINOR CLARE TO MARIA LESLIE.
FROM ELINOR CLARE TO MARIA BEAUMONT.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
FROM ANOTHER LETTER.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
ESSAYS.
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKSPEARE.
CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE-REPRESENTATION.
CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE-REPRESENTATION.
CHARACTERS OF DRAMATIC WRITERS,
CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEAKE.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.
THOMAS DECKER.
JOHN MARSTON.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
THOMAS HEYWOOD.
THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY.
WILLIAM ROWLEY.
THOMAS MIDDLETON.
WILLIAM ROWLEY,—THOMAS DECKER,—JOHN FORD, ETC.
CYRIL TOURNEUR.
JOHN WEBSTER.
JOHN FORD.
FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE.
BEN JONSON.
GEORGE CHAPMAN.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT.—JOHN FLETCHER.
JOHN FLETCHER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS DECKER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS MIDDLETON.—WILLIAM ROWLEY.
JAMES SHIRLEY
CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEAKE.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.
THOMAS DECKER.
JOHN MARSTON.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
THOMAS HEYWOOD.
THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY.
WILLIAM ROWLEY.
THOMAS MIDDLETON.
WILLIAM ROWLEY,—THOMAS DECKER,—JOHN FORD, ETC.
CYRIL TOURNEUR.
JOHN WEBSTER.
JOHN FORD.
FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE.
BEN JONSON.
GEORGE CHAPMAN.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT.—JOHN FLETCHER.
JOHN FLETCHER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS DECKER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS MIDDLETON.—WILLIAM ROWLEY.
JAMES SHIRLEY
SPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FULLER,
THE CHURCH HISTORIAN.
ON THE
THE CHURCH HISTORIAN.
ON THE
GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF HOGARTH;
WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRY.
ON THE
WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRY.
ON THE
POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE WITHER
RECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
ON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKSPEARE.
CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE-REPRESENTATION.
CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR FITNESS FOR STAGE-REPRESENTATION.
CHARACTERS OF DRAMATIC WRITERS,
CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEAKE.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.
THOMAS DECKER.
JOHN MARSTON.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
THOMAS HEYWOOD.
THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY.
WILLIAM ROWLEY.
THOMAS MIDDLETON.
WILLIAM ROWLEY,—THOMAS DECKER,—JOHN FORD, ETC.
CYRIL TOURNEUR.
JOHN WEBSTER.
JOHN FORD.
FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE.
BEN JONSON.
GEORGE CHAPMAN.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT.—JOHN FLETCHER.
JOHN FLETCHER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS DECKER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS MIDDLETON.—WILLIAM ROWLEY.
JAMES SHIRLEY
CONTEMPORARY WITH SHAKSPEAKE.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE.
THOMAS DECKER.
JOHN MARSTON.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.
THOMAS HEYWOOD.
THOMAS MIDDLETON AND WILLIAM ROWLEY.
WILLIAM ROWLEY.
THOMAS MIDDLETON.
WILLIAM ROWLEY,—THOMAS DECKER,—JOHN FORD, ETC.
CYRIL TOURNEUR.
JOHN WEBSTER.
JOHN FORD.
FULKE GREVILLE, LORD BROOKE.
BEN JONSON.
GEORGE CHAPMAN.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT.—JOHN FLETCHER.
JOHN FLETCHER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS DECKER.
PHILIP MASSINGER.—THOMAS MIDDLETON.—WILLIAM ROWLEY.
JAMES SHIRLEY
SPECIMENS FROM THE WRITINGS OF FULLER,
THE CHURCH HISTORIAN.
ON THE
THE CHURCH HISTORIAN.
ON THE
GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF HOGARTH;
WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRY.
ON THE
WITH SOME REMARKS ON A PASSAGE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE MR. BARRY.
ON THE
POETICAL WORKS OF GEORGE WITHER
LETTERS,
UNDER ASSUMED SIGNATURES, PUBLISHED IN "THE REFLECTOR."
THE LONDONER.
ON BURIAL SOCIETIES;
AND
THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
"BURIAL SOCIETY.
CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
AND
THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
"BURIAL SOCIETY.
CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY.
WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERS.
"FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERS.
"FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
ON THE INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGED.
CELESTINA.
CELESTINA.
ON THE MELANCHOLY OF TAILORS.
HOSPITA
ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE.
ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE.
EDAX ON APPETITE.
UNDER ASSUMED SIGNATURES, PUBLISHED IN "THE REFLECTOR."
THE LONDONER.
ON BURIAL SOCIETIES;
AND
THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
"BURIAL SOCIETY.
CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
AND
THE CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
"BURIAL SOCIETY.
CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER.
DANGER OF CONFOUNDING MORAL WITH PERSONAL DEFORMITY.
WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERS.
"FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
WITH A HINT TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE FRAMING OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPREHENDING OFFENDERS.
"FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
ON THE INCONVENIENCES RESULTING FROM BEING HANGED.
CELESTINA.
CELESTINA.
ON THE MELANCHOLY OF TAILORS.
HOSPITA
ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE.
ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE.
EDAX ON APPETITE.
CURIOUS FRAGMENTS,
EXTRACTED FROM A COMMONPLACE-BOOK,
EXTRACT I.
EXTRACT II.
EXTRACT III.
EXTRACTED FROM A COMMONPLACE-BOOK,
EXTRACT I.
EXTRACT II.
EXTRACT III.
MR. H——.
A FARCE, IN TWO ACTS.
AS IT WAS PERFORMED AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1806.
CHARACTERS.
PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON.
AS IT WAS PERFORMED AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1806.
CHARACTERS.
PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON.
A FARCE, IN TWO ACTS.
AS IT WAS PERFORMED AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1806.
CHARACTERS.
PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON.
AS IT WAS PERFORMED AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, DECEMBER, 1806.
CHARACTERS.
PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON.
MR. H——.
A FARCE, IN TWO ACTS.
ACT I.
ACT II.
A FARCE, IN TWO ACTS.
ACT I.
ACT II.
POEMS.
DEDICATION[1]
TO S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
TO S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
DEDICATION[1]
TO S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
TO S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
POEMS
HESTER.
TO CHARLES LLOYD.
THE THREE FRIENDS.
TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED.
THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.
HELEN.
A VISION OF REPENTANCE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD.
QUEEN ORIANA'S DREAM.
A BALLAD.
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE.
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE.
HYPOCHONDRIACUS.
A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO.
TO T. L. H.
A CHILD.
A CHILD.
BALLAD.
FROM THE GERMAN.
FROM THE GERMAN.
DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.
SALOME.
LINES
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI.
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI.
LINES
ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN.
ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN.
LINES
ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS.
ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS.
ON THE SAME.
HESTER.
TO CHARLES LLOYD.
THE THREE FRIENDS.
TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED.
THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.
HELEN.
A VISION OF REPENTANCE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD.
QUEEN ORIANA'S DREAM.
A BALLAD.
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE.
NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR, IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE.
HYPOCHONDRIACUS.
A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO.
TO T. L. H.
A CHILD.
A CHILD.
BALLAD.
FROM THE GERMAN.
FROM THE GERMAN.
DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.
SALOME.
LINES
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI.
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI.
LINES
ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN.
ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN.
LINES
ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS.
ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI, CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS.
ON THE SAME.
SONNETS.
BLANK VERSE
CHILDHOOD.
THE GRANDAME.
THE SABBATH BELLS.
FANCY EMPLOYED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS.
COMPOSED AT MIDNIGHT.
CHILDHOOD.
THE GRANDAME.
THE SABBATH BELLS.
FANCY EMPLOYED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS.
COMPOSED AT MIDNIGHT.
JOHN WOODVIL;
A TRAGEDY.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
ACT THE FIRST.
ACT THE SECOND.
THE THIRD.
ACT THE FOURTH.
ACT THE FIFTH.
A TRAGEDY.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
ACT THE FIRST.
ACT THE SECOND.
THE THIRD.
ACT THE FOURTH.
ACT THE FIFTH.
THE WITCH;
A DRAMATIC SKETCH OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
A DRAMATIC SKETCH OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
ALBUM VERSES,
WITH A FEW OTHERS.
DEDICATION.
TO THE PUBLISHER.
TO THE PUBLISHER.
WITH A FEW OTHERS.
DEDICATION.
TO THE PUBLISHER.
TO THE PUBLISHER.
ALBUM VERSES
WITH A FEW OTHERS.
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MRS. SERGEANT W——.
TO DORA W——.
ON BEING ASKED BY HER FATHER TO WRITE IN HER ALBUM.
IN THE ALBUM OF A CLERGYMAN'S LADY.
IN THE ALBUM OF EDITH S——.
IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q——.
IN THE ALBUM OF CATHERINE ORKNEY.
IN THE ALBUM OF LUCY BARTON.
IN THE ALBUM OF MRS. JANE TOWERS.
IN THE ALBUM OF MISS ——.
IN MY OWN ALBUM.
WITH A FEW OTHERS.
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MRS. SERGEANT W——.
TO DORA W——.
ON BEING ASKED BY HER FATHER TO WRITE IN HER ALBUM.
IN THE ALBUM OF A CLERGYMAN'S LADY.
IN THE ALBUM OF EDITH S——.
IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q——.
IN THE ALBUM OF CATHERINE ORKNEY.
IN THE ALBUM OF LUCY BARTON.
IN THE ALBUM OF MRS. JANE TOWERS.
IN THE ALBUM OF MISS ——.
IN MY OWN ALBUM.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ANGEL HELP[1]
ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN.
THE CHRISTENING.
THE YOUNG CATECHIST[1]
TO A YOUNG FRIEND,
ON HER TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY.
SHE IS GOING.
ANGEL HELP[1]
ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN.
THE CHRISTENING.
THE YOUNG CATECHIST[1]
TO A YOUNG FRIEND,
ON HER TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY.
SHE IS GOING.
SONNETS.
HARMONY IN UNLIKENESS.
WRITTEN AT CAMBRIDGE.
TO A CELEBRATED FEMALE PERFORMER IN "THE BLIND BOY."
WORK.
LEISURE.
DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT.
DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT.
TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.
THE GYPSY'S MALISON.
HARMONY IN UNLIKENESS.
WRITTEN AT CAMBRIDGE.
TO A CELEBRATED FEMALE PERFORMER IN "THE BLIND BOY."
WORK.
LEISURE.
DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT.
DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT.
TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.
THE GYPSY'S MALISON.
COMMENDATORY VERSES, ETC.
TO J. S. KNOWLES, ESQ. ON HIS TRAGEDY OF VIRGINIUS.
TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,
PUBLISHED UNDER THE NAME OF BARRY CORNWALL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EVERY-DAY BOOK."
TO T. STOTHARD, ESQ. ON HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE POEMS OF MR. ROGERS.
TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.
THE SELF-ENCHANTED.
TO LOUISA M——, WHOM I USED TO CALL "MONKEY."
TO J. S. KNOWLES, ESQ. ON HIS TRAGEDY OF VIRGINIUS.
TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,
PUBLISHED UNDER THE NAME OF BARRY CORNWALL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EVERY-DAY BOOK."
TO T. STOTHARD, ESQ. ON HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE POEMS OF MR. ROGERS.
TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE.
THE SELF-ENCHANTED.
TO LOUISA M——, WHOM I USED TO CALL "MONKEY."
TRANSLATIONS.
FROM THE LATIN OF VINCENT BOURNE.
I.
THE BALLAD SINGERS.
II.
TO DAVID COOK, OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER, WATCHMAN.
III.
ON A SEPULCHRAL STATUE OF AN INFANT SLEEPING.
IV.
EPITAPH ON A DOG.
V.
THE RIVAL BELLS.
VI.
NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA.
VII.
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
VIII.
ON A DEAF AND DUMB ARTIST.[1]
IX.
THE FEMALE ORATORS.
I.
THE BALLAD SINGERS.
II.
TO DAVID COOK, OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER, WATCHMAN.
III.
ON A SEPULCHRAL STATUE OF AN INFANT SLEEPING.
IV.
EPITAPH ON A DOG.
V.
THE RIVAL BELLS.
VI.
NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA.
VII.
THE HOUSEKEEPER.
VIII.
ON A DEAF AND DUMB ARTIST.[1]
IX.
THE FEMALE ORATORS.
PINDARIC ODE TO THE TREAD-MILL.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
GOING OR GONE.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
FREE THOUGHTS ON SEVERAL EMINENT COMPOSERS.
THE WIFE'S TRIAL;
THE INTRUDING WIDOW.
A Dramatic poem.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
THE INTRUDING WIDOW.
A Dramatic poem.
CHARACTERS.
CHARACTERS.
The book hasn't received reviews yet.
