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Transcriber's note:
The letter "e" with a macron is rendered [=e] in this text.
The astute reader will notice there is no Chapter XV in the
Table of Contents or in the text. This was a printer's error
in the original book. The chapters were incorrectly numbered,
but no chapter was missing. This e-book has been transcribed
to match the original.
HISTORY OF ENGLISH HUMOUR
With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour.
by
THE REV. A. G. L'ESTRANGE,
Author of
"The Life of the Rev. William Harness,"
"From the Thames to the Tamar,"
Etc.
In Two Volumes.
Vol. II.
London:
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers,
13, Great Marlborough Street.
1878.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
Burlesque--Parody--The "Splendid Shilling"--Prior--Pope--Ambrose
Philips--Parodies of Gray's Elegy--Gay 1