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HISTORY OF ENGLISH HUMOUR

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION UPON ANCIENT HUMOUR.

66

BY THE

REV. A. G. L'ESTRANGE,

INGE/

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.

10466.32 (2)

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

MAY 8 1991

26113

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Burlesque-Parody-The "Splendid Shilling"-PriorPope-Ambrose Philips-Parodies of Gray's Elegy

Gay

CHAPTER II.

1

Defoe-Irony-Ode to the Pillory-The

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grim”—The Scandalous Club”—Humorous Periodicals -Heraclitus Ridens-The London Spy-The British Apollo

CHAPTER I.

22

Swift-Tale of a Tub"-Essays-Gulliver's TravelsVariety of Swift's Humour -Riddles-Stella's WitDirections for Servants-Arbuthnot

44

CHAPTER IV.

Steele-The Funeral-The Tatler -Contributions of Swift —Of Addison-Expansive Dresses - "Bodily Wit”Rustic Obtuseness-Crosses in Love-Snuff-taking

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HISTORY OF ENGLISH HUMOUR,

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION UPON ANCIENT HUMOUR.

66

BY THE

REV. A. G. L'ESTRANGE,
GE/

AUTHOR OF

THE LIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM HARNESS,"

FROM THE THAMES TO THE TAMAR,"

ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

2

LONDON:

HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1878.

All rights reserted.

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