Essays
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION.3. PREFACE.4. RHYME AND REASON.5. ON THE PRACTICAL BATHOS.6. NICKNAMES.7. YES AND NO.8. THOUGHTS ON THE WORDS “TURN OUT.”9. SOLITUDE IN A CROWD.10. POLITENESS AND POLITESSE.11. A WINDSOR BALL.12. LOVERS’ VOWS.13. ON THE PRACTICAL ASYNDETON.14. ON HAIR-DRESSING.15. ON A CERTAIN AGE.16. NOT AT HOME.17. MUSÆ O’CONNORIANÆ. LETTER FROM PATRICK O’CONNOR, ESQ. Enclosing Metrical Versions in the Greek and Latin Tongues.18. THE KNIGHT AND THE KNAVE. AΝ OLD ENGLISH TALE.19. MAD—QUITE MAD!20. THE BOGLE OF ANNESLIE; OR, THE THREE-CORNERED HAT. A TALE.21. ON THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY AT ETON.22. THE MISTAKE; OR, SIXES AND SEVENS.23. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY.24. MR. LOZELL’S ESSAY ON WEATHERCOCKS.25. GOLIGHTLY’S ESSAY ON BLUES. A FRAGMENT.26. OLD BOOTS.27. ON THE DIVINITIES OF THE ANCIENTS.28. REMINISCENCES OF MY YOUTH.29. ON TRUE FRIENDSHIP.30. THE COUNTRY CURATE.31. THE WEDDING: A ROMAN TALE.32. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF PEREGRINE COURTENAY.33. ABDICATION OF THE KING OF CLUBS.34. THE UNION CLUB. A.D. 1823.35. MY FIRST FOLLY.36. POINTS.37. LEONORA.38. DAMASIPPUS.39. MY FIRST FLAME.40. THE INCONVENIENCE OF HAVING AN ELDER BROTHER.41. TOUJOURS PERDRIX.42. THE BEST BAT IN THE SCHOOL.