century of

A century of English essays

Name: A century of English essays
Author: Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 [Compiler]; Vaughan, Lloyd [Compiler]

作者：Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946 [Compiler]; Vaughan, Lloyd [Compiler]
体例：题　章数：131
字数：906,371　来源：Project Gutenberg

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Everyman's Library
Edited by Ernest Rhys
ESSAYS
A Century of English Essays Chosen by Ernest Rhys and Lloyd Vaughan
TRAVEL * SCIENCE * FICTION
THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY * CLASSICAL
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
ESSAYS * ORATORY
POETRY & DRAMA
BIOGRAPHY
REFERENCE
ROMANCE
INTRODUCTION
E.R.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction vii
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
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
Vivat Regina."
GOOD TEMPER
THE EMPLOYMENTS OF A HOUSEWIFE IN THE COUNTRY
CORNELIA.
THE STAGE COACH
THE SCHOLAR'S COMPLAINT OF HIS OWN BASHFULNESS
THE MISERY OF A MODISH LADY IN SOLITUDE
MR. RAMBLER,
THE HISTORY OF AN ADVENTURER IN LOTTERIES
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
ALL FOOLS' DAY
Good Master Raymund Lully, you look wise. Pray correct that error.----
WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS
Headless bear, black man, or ape--
MY FIRST PLAY
Was nourished, I could not tell how--
DREAM-CHILDREN; A REVERIE
THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS
A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
POOR RELATIONS
THE CHILD ANGEL
A DREAM
OLD CHINA
POPULAR FALLACIES
THAT ENOUGH IS AS GOOD AS A FEAST
II
THAT A BULLY IS ALWAYS A COWARD
III
THAT WE SHOULD RISE WITH THE LARK
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
JOHN EDWARDS.
JEEMS THE DOORKEEPER
ON LIFE
WALKING STEWART
ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH
THE DAUGHTER OF LEBANON
GETTING UP ON COLD MORNINGS
Thomson the poet, who exclaims in his Seasons--
THE OLD GENTLEMAN
THE OLD LADY
THE MAID-SERVANT[51]
CHARACTERISTICS
TUNBRIDGE TOYS
I suppose I must have been choking whilst uttering this confession.
NIGHT WALKS
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
An American poet, R. H. Messinger, wrote--
THE LAST GLEEMAN
A BROTHER OF ST. FRANCIS
THE PILGRIMS' WAY
ON A GREAT WIND
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