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THE RIME OF SIR THOPAS THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE THE_REHEARSAL THE_SPLENDID_SHILLING TWO ODES NAMBY PAMBY A WORD UPON PUDDING. THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES: OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB THE GREAT CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS THE ROVERS BOMBASTES FURIOSO. REJECTED ADDRESSES. LOYAL EFFUSION. THE BABY'S DEBUT. AN ADDRESS WITHOUT A PHOENIX. CUI BONO? TO THE SECRETARY OF THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF DRURY LANE PLAYHOUSE. IN THE CHARACTER OF A HAMPSHIRE FARMER. THE LIVING LUSTRES. THE REBUILDING. DRURY'S DIRGE. A TALE OF DRURY LANE. JOHNSON'S GHOST. THE BEAUTIFUL INCENDIARY. FIRE AND ALE. PLAYHOUSE MUSINGS. DRURY LANE HUSTINGS. ARCHITECTURAL ATOMS. THEATRICAL ALARM BELL. THE THEATRE. THE THEATRE. TO THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE NEW DRURY LANE THEATRE. CASE NO. I. CASE NO. II. CASE NO. III. PUNCH'S APOTHEOSIS. ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE. ODE TO MR. GRAHAM. ODE TO MR. M'ADAM. ODE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN. TO SYLVANUS URBAN, ESQUIRE, AN ADDRESS TO THE STEAM WASHING COMPANY. LETTER OF REMONSTRANCE ODE TO R. W. ELLISTON, ESQUIRE, ODE TO RICHARD MARTIN, ESQUIRE, ODE TO W. KITCHENER, M.D. ROUTLEDGE'S EXCELSIOR SERIES

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CHAUCER'S HENRY CAREY'S

RIME OF THOPAS. NAMBY PAMBY and

CHRONONHOTONTHOLOGOS.

BEAUMONT & FLETCHER'S

KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE. CANNING, FRERE & ELLIS'S

ROVERS.

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REHEARSAL. W. B. RHODES'S

BOMBASTES FURIOSO.

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SPLENDID SHILLING. REJECTED ADDRESSES.

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FIELDING'S THOMAS HOOD'S

TOM THUMB THE GREAT. ODES AND ADDRESSES TO GREAT PEOPLE.

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