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Essays Of Elia


The South-Sea House

Oxford In The Vacation

Christ's Hospital Five-And-Thirty Years Ago

The Two Races Of Men

New Year's Eve

Mrs Battle's Opinions On Whist

A Chapter On Ears

All Fools' Day

A Quakers' Meeting

The Old and The New Schoolmaster

Valentine's Day

Imperfect Sympathies

Witches And Other Night-Fears

My Relations

Mackery End, In Hertfordshire

Modern Gallantry

The Old Benchers Of The Inner Temple

Grace Before Meat

My First Play

Dream-Children; A Reverie

Distant Correspondents

The Praise Of Chimney-Sweepers

A Complaint Of The Decay Of Beggars In The Metropolis

A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig

A Bachelor's Complaint Of the Behaviour Of Married People

On Some Of The Old Actors

On The Artificial Comedy Of The Last Century

On The Acting Of Munden


Last Essays of Elia
Last Essays of Elia
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Lamb's Poetry
A Selection of Lamb's Poetry