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Abbey, Westminster, the charge for admittance, 276, 508.
Acting, The New, 176, 465.
Actors, The Religion of, 337, 521.
contrasted with dramatists, 113.
Actresses, their scarcity in 1813, 177.
Advertisements for apprehending offenders, 74.
"Alaham," by Lord Brooke, 58.
Album Verses, Lamb's review of, 391, 544.
"Alchemist, The," by Ben Jonson, 60, 306.
Allan Clare. See Rosamund Gray.
"All's Well that Ends Well," by Shakespeare, 62.
Allsop, Thomas, 269, 504, 550.
American War for Helen, An, 182, 468.
Anatomy of Melancholy, The, 35, 440.
Anaxarchus, the death of, 530.
André, Major John, 277, 508.
Anstey on nobility, 340.
"Antonio and Mellida," by Marston, 51.
Apparel, Lamb on distinctions in, 52.
Appearance of the Season, An, 360, 531.
Appetite, Edax on, 138, 454.
Arcadia, The, by Sir Philip Sidney, 62.
"Artaxerxes," by Arne, Lamb's first play, 186, 469.
Articles conjecturally attributed to Lamb, 425, 427, 429, 430, 431, 432, 435, 443.
"Artificial Comedy," Lamb's essay supplemented, 513.
Ashmole, Elias, on nobility, 340.
Ass, The, 356, 529.
Athenæum, The, Lamb's contributions to, 397, 398, 400, 435.
Audiences in Lamb's time, 57, 185.
August 12th, its petition, 354, 528.
Authorship, its mortifications, 322.
Autobiographical Sketch, An, 375, 535.
Autobiography of Mr. Munden, 314, 515.
Ayrton, William, 270, 505.
B
Bacon, Lord, on the care of turf, 365.
Barbers, their loquacity, 202, 474.
Bard, The, by Thomas Gray, 181, 468.
"Barnwell, George," by Lillo, 118.
Barron Field's Poems, 232, 493.
Barry, James, on Hogarth, 92.
Baskett Prayer Book, a plate from, 282.
Beadle, Lamb on the, 360, 531.
Beaumont, Francis, 62.
and Fletcher, paraphrased by Lamb, 407.
Bees, The Fable of the, 141, 455.
"Belles without Beaux," by Peake, 222, 490. [Pg 558]
Bethams, the length and tediousness of them, 318, 516.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, his "Hypocrite," 221, 489.
Bills of Mortality, 531.
Biographical Memoir of Mr. Liston, 292, 512.
Bird, Mr. William, the Lambs' schoolmaster, 351.
Blackett, The Widow, "The Gentle Giantess," 248, 497.
Blakesware and Lamb, 28, 439, 440.
Blind man at the play, a, 184.
Books with one Idea in them, 178, 466.
Bourne, Vincent, Lamb's praise of, 391, 544.
Bowles, Carrington, 386, 543.
Boyer, James, his joke, 530.
Braham, his renunciation of Judaism, 338, 522.
Brandon, Charles, his motto, 201, 475.
British Lady's Magazine, Mary Lamb contributes to, 204.
"Broken Heart, The," by Ford, 57.
Brome, Richard, his "Jovial Crew," 219, 486.
Brooke, Lord (Fulke Greville), 58.
Browne, Sir Thomas, 200, 476.
Bunyan, unjust neglect of his secondary works, 381.
Burial societies, Lamb's essay on, 107.
Burnet's History of His Own Times quoted, 450.
Burney, Admiral, his card boys, 270, 505.
Martin, Lamb's sonnet to, 437.
the Lambs' affection for, 437.
Burns, Robert, quoted, 22.
Burrell, Miss Lamb's article upon, 215, 484.
Burton, Robert, and Lamb, 35, 204, 440.
"Bussy d'Ambois," by Chapman, 61.
"Byron's Conspiracy," by Chapman, 61.
"Byron's Tragedy," by Chapman, 61.
C
"Cabbage," a slang term applied to tailors, 476.
Campbell, J. Dykes, quoted, 471.
Capital punishment, Lamb on, 527.
Captain Starkey, 351, 528.
Carlyle, Thomas, and Lamb, 509.
Cary, Henry Francis, Lamb's friend, 269, 504.
"Case is Altered, The," by Ben Jonson, 59.
"Cato," as performed by Mary Lamb's schoolfellows, 353.
Chambers family, Lamb's friends, 547.
Champion, The, Lamb's contribution to, 200, 473.
Chapman, George, 61.
Character, A, 327, 517.
Characters of Dramatic Writers Contemporary with Shakespeare, 48, 445.
Charles II. and the Exchequer, 332, 519.
Charnwood, its sombre influence on Liston, 295.
Charron, Pierre, his De la Sagesse, quoted, 178, 466.
"Chessiad, The," by Dibdin, 429, 552.
Chimney-sweep, the, in the fields, 179, 467.
Christ's Hospital, Recollections of, 162, 460.
its purpose, 162.
scandals, 461.
carols, 463.
Civilisation in New South Wales, 233.
Clare, Allan. See Rosamund Gray.
Elinor. See Rosamund Gray.
Clarence Songs, 383, 539.
Clarkson, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 270, 505.
Clerk, The Good, 148, 455.
Coleridge, The Death of, 406, 549.
Coleridge, S. T., on Hogarth, 91.
Lamb's friend, 269, 504.
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and Leigh Hunt, 273.
Coleridge, S. T., on men of genius, 486.
on Odes and Addresses, 519.
on George Dawe, 541.
his bequest to Lamb, 550.
Collier, Jeremy, on music, 183.
on Shakespeare, 183, 468.
on anti-music, 358.
John Payne, his Poetical Decameron, 356, 529.
his Old Man's Diary quoted, 441.
Collins, William, his Oriental Eclogues, 258.
Colman, George, licenser of plays, 521.
Colnett, Isaac, his epitaph in Waltham Abbey churchyard, 526.
Comedians, Lamb's favourite, 176, 465.
Comic Tales by Dibdin, reviewed, 429.
Complete English Tradesman, The, by Defoe, 150, 455.
Comus, Lamb on a suppressed passage in, 428.
Confessions of a Drunkard, 154, 456.
H. F. V. H. Delamore, Esq., 246, 496.
Cooke, G. F., in "Richard III.," 41, 442.
as Lear, 443.
"Cooper's Hill," by Denham, 258.
Cornwall, Barry (B. W. Procter), his Rosamund Gray, 440.
Correggio, his "Vice," 159.
Cowper, William, his "John Gilpin," continued by Lamb, 368, 533.
on squirrels, 359, 531.
on Vincent Bourne, 544.
Cruelty to animals, 356.
donkeys, 530.
Cuckoldry, a fantasy upon, 299.
Cunningham, Allan, 269, 504.
Cupid's Revenge, 407, 550.
Curiosity, a study of, 324, 326.
Curious Fragments from Burton, 35, 440.
D
Damned authors, a club of, 451.
Daniel, Samuel, his "Hymen's Triumph" quoted, 9.
on nobility, 341.
Davenant, William, his improved "Macbeth," 377, 536.
Da Vinci, Leonardo, his portrait of Francis, 175.
Dawe, George, Lamb's recollections of, 385, 540.
his life, 541.
and the negro, 542.
Defeat of Time, The, 369, 534.
De Foe's Secondary Novels, 381, 537.
De Foe, Daniel, his Complete English Tradesman, 150.
Lamb's letter upon, 538.
Deformity, Moral and Personal, essay on, 74, 448.
not a sign of nobility, 340.
Defunct, The Illustrious, 304, 514.
Dekker, Thomas, 50, 55, 64.
Delamore, H. F. V. H., Confessions of, 246, 496.
Denham, John, his "Cooper's Hill," 258.
Dennis, John, and Pope, 203, 476.
his character by Aaron Hill, 261.
De Quincey parodied by Lamb, 251, 497.
"Deserted Village, The," by Goldsmith, 259.
Devils, Leigh Hunt upon, 495.
Dibdin, Charles, jr., reviewed by Lamb, 429, 552.
Dilke, C. W., on Lamb as critic, 545.
"Distressed Poet," by Hogarth, 96.
"Doctor Faustus," by Marlowe, 49.
Dog Days, 430, 553.
"Don Giovanni in London," 215.
Dramatic Criticisms, Five, 215, 484.
Drayton, Michael, 53.
[Pg 560]Drink, its dangers, 154.
Drunkard, A, Confessions of, 154, 456.
Dryden and Collier, 183, 468.
"Duchess of Malfi, The," by Webster, 56.
Dunstan, Sir Jeffrey, Reminiscence of, 366, 532.
Dyer, George, quoted from, 174.
Lamb's friend, 270, 505.
John, his "Ruins of Rome," 257.
E
Early Journalism, 41, 442.
Edax on Appetite, 138, 454.
"Edmonton, The Merry Devil of," 52.
Education, suitable for an old gentleman, 251.
"Edward II.," by Marlowe, 49.
Egotism, a study of, 327.
"Election Entertainment," by Hogarth, 98.
"Elegy on a Country Churchyard," by Gray, 259.
Elia, His Letter to Southey, 265, 498.
essay on "New Year's Eve," 266.
"Saying Grace," 266.
Elinor Clare. See Rosamund Gray.
Eliott, General (Lord Heathfield), his famous troop, 201, 475.
"English Traveller," by Heywood, 53.
Englishman's Magazine, Lamb's contributions to, 385, 391.
Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, 240.
"Eve of St. Agnes, The," by Keats, 235, 494.
Examiner, The, Lamb's contributions to, 174, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 215, 219, 221, 222, 225, 229, 232.
"Excursion, The," Lamb's Review of, 187, 469.
F
Fable of the Bees, The, by Mandeville, 141, 455.
"Fair Quarrel, A," by Middleton and Rowley, 53.
Fairies, Lamb's prose poem, 369.
"Faithful Shepherdess," by Fletcher, 64.
Fallacy, A Popular, 340, 523.
Falstaff's Letters, 225, 491.
Fauntleroy, Henry, the forger, 333, 519.
"Faustus, Doctor," by Marlowe, 49.
Faux, Guy, 278, 509.
Hazlitt upon, 278, 509.
Jeremy Taylor upon, 279.
February 29th, the plea of, 349, 527.
Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, Lamb's contribution to, 217.
Field, Barron, His Poems, 232, 493.
Fielding and Hogarth, 97, 101.
Fire places, how to decorate, in summer, 364.
First-Fruits of Australian Poetry, 232, 493.
Five Dramatic Criticisms, 215, 484.
Fletcher, John, 62, 63.
Foote, Marie, and Col. Berkeley, 521.
Foppington, Lord, on books, 367, 533.
Ford, John, 55, 57.
Forster, John, on Lamb, 444, 549.
"Fortunatus, Old," by Dekker, 50.
"Four Groups of Heads," by Hogarth, 100.
Four Reviews, 225, 491.
Friends who invade the home, 317, 516.
Fuller, John, M.P., 511.
Fuller, Specimens from the Writings of, 130, 453.
Fulton, Alexander, his epigrams, 182, 468.
G
Game, Thoughts on Presents of, 398, 546.
[Pg 561]Garrat election, the, 366, 532.
Garrick, David, lines on his tomb, 113, 452.
and Dr. Johnson, 309.
Gem, The, Lamb's contribution to, 379.
Gentle Giantess, The, 248, 497.
Gentleman, Letter to an Old, 251, 497.
Gentleman's Magazine, Lamb's contributions to, 153, 162.
"George Barnwell," by Lillo, 118, 452.
George IV., his true and State birthdays, 354, 528.
Giantess, The Gentle, 248, 497.
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, 511.
Gifford, William, his treatment of Lamb, 470, 471.
Gilman, James, 269, 504.
Gilpin, Mrs., Riding to Edmonton, 368, 533.
"Gin Lane," by Hogarth, 85.
Gluttony analysed, 138, 145.
Godwin, Mrs., as Mrs. Pry, 517.
William, jr., an unwelcome guest, 515.
Goldsmith, Oliver, "The Deserted Village," 259.
Good Clerk, The, a Character, 148, 455.
Goodenough, Rev. Mr., his awful death, 294.
Gould, Mrs. (Miss Burrell) in "Don Giovanni in London," 215, 484.
"Governor," Lamb's objection to the word, 475.
Grand State Bed, 44, 444.
Grave, The Choice of A, 427, 552.
Gray, Rosamund, 1, 438.
First Edition, 438.
Gray's "Bard," 181, 468.
Gray, Thomas, Lamb's criticisms upon, 181, 259, 425, 551.
"The Elegy," 259.
Gresham, Sir Thomas, legend of, 535.
Greville, Fulke (Lord Brooke), 58.
Grimaldi, Joseph, Hood's ode to, 335.
his religious symbolism, 339.
Gunpowder Treason. See Guy Faux.
Gutch, John Matthew, and Miss Kelly, 217, 485.
and Wither, 477.
Guy Faux, 278, 509.
and Carlyle, 509.
H
Hamlet, the character of, 116.
Hanged, On the Inconveniences Resulting From being, 65, 445.
Hares, their merits in life and death, 399.
"Harlot's Progress, The," by Hogarth, 84.
Harper's Magazine, Lamb's contribution to, 407.
Hay, William, on deformity, 341, 523.
Hazlitt, William, Lamb's friend, 274, 507.
on Guy Faux, 278, 509.
on Hogarth and Lamb, 448.
on "Mr. H.," 450.
and the Burneys, 505.
on Lamb's letter to Southey, 505.
Heathfield, Lord, his famous troop, 201, 475.
Helen of Troy and America, 182, 468.
Heywood, Thomas, 53.
Hill, Aaron, his character of Dennis, 261.
Thomas, the original of "Tom Pry," 516.
Hissing at theatres, essay on, 101, 449.
Histriomastix, a mock forerunner of, 292.
Hood's "Progress of Cant," 431, 554.
Hogarth, The Genius and Character of, 81, 448.
[Pg 562]and Reynolds compared, 88.
Hogarth analogous to Smollett and Fielding, 97, 100, 101.
Holcroft, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 272, 506.
Hone's Every-Day Book and Table Book, Lamb's contributions to, 349, 351, 354, 356, 359, 360, 361, 366, 368, 369, 430, 526, 554.
Hone, William, his career, 523.
his eulogies of Lamb, 525.
dedication to Lamb, 525.
Lamb's letters to, 526, 533.
"Honest Whore, The," by Dekker, 51, 89.
Hood, Thomas, his Odes and Addresses, 335, 519.
his drawing of Mary Lamb, 368, 533.
"Plea of the Midsummer Fairies," paraphrased, 369.
on Lamb's religion, 515.
and Coleridge, 520.
his dedication to Lamb, 534.
Horns, A Vision of, 299, 513.
Hospita on the Immoderate Indulgence of the Pleasures of the Palate, 145, 454.
Howell's "Letters," 426, 551.
Hunt, Leigh, Lamb's friend, 272, 445, 506.
his poem to his son, 274, 507.
on Lamb's Table Talk, 466.
Lamb as dramatic critic, 490.
and Keats, 495.
devils, 495.
Thornton, his training, 272, 502.
Leigh Hunt's poem to, 274, 507.
Lamb's poem to, 506.
Hutchinson, Mr. Thomas, quoted, 441, 456.
"Hymen's Triumph," quoted, 9.
"Hypocrite, The," by Bickerstaff, 221.
I
Illustrious Defunct, The, 304, 514.
Indicator, The, Lamb's contribution to, 239.
"Industry and Idleness," by Hogarth, 96.
In re Squirrels, 359, 530.
"Isabella and the Pot of Basil," by Keats, 235.
J
Jew, Lamb on the modern, 49.
Jews, their Christianity, 338.
Johnson, Dr., and David Garrick, 309.
Jonson, Ben, 59.
quoted from, 306.
Jordan, Mrs., compared with Miss Kelly, 217.
Journalism, Early, 41, 442.
"Jovial Crew," Richard Brome's, 219, 486.
Judkins, Juke, Reminiscences of, 342, 523.
K
"Kangaroo, The," by Field, 234.
Keats' "Lamia," 235, 494.
Keats, John, and Lamb, 495.
Kelly, Miss, at Bath, 217, 485.
Lamb's praises of, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 484, 485.
compared with Mrs. Jordan, 217.
in various parts, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223.
Lamb proposes marriage to, 487, 488.
her reply to Lamb, 488.
Lamb's reply to, 489.
Kemble, J. P., in Macbeth, 124.
Kenneys, Lamb's letter to, 517.
Ketch, Jack, his origin, 447.
L
"Lælius," his reply to Lamb, 511.
[Pg 563]Lamb, Charles, his story of "Rosamund Gray," 1, 438.
Lamb, Charles, his imitations of Burton, 35, 440.
on Cooke's acting, 41, 442.
on Richard III., 41, 122, 426, 442.
on the joys of London, 46, 180, 444, 467.
on Shakespeare's contemporaries, 48, 445.
on modern Jews, 49.
on love's sectaries, 50.
on distinctions in apparel, 52.
on the humours of hanging, 65, 445.
on moral and personal deformity, 74, 448.
on proper names, 80, 448.
on the genius of Hogarth, 81, 448.
on Mr. Barry, R.A., 92.
on hissing in theatres, 101, 449.
on burial societies, 107, 451.
on the character of an undertaker, 110.
on the tragedies of Shakespeare, 112, 451.
on Garrick's tomb, 112.
on the character of Hamlet, 116.
on Macbeth, 123, 126.
on King Lear, 124, 376, 401.
on stage accessories, 127.
on Thomas Fuller, 130, 453.
on inordinate appetite, 138, 454.
on the good clerk, 148, 455.
on Defoe's Complete Tradesman, 150.
on the character of Robert Lloyd, 153, 455.
on a drunkard's fate, 154, 456.
on Christ's Hospital, 162, 460.
on Reynolds and Da Vinci, 174, 464.
on acting in 1813, 176, 465.
on books with one idea in them, 178, 466.
his recollections of a chimney-sweeper, 179, 467.
on street conversation, 179, 467.
on a town residence, 180, 467.
on Gray's poems, 181, 425, 468, 551.
on Fulton's epigrams, 182, 468.
on Dryden and Collier, 183, 468.
on his first play, 184, 468.
on theatre audiences, 184.
on Wordsworth's Excursion, 187, 469.
on the character of tailors, 200, 473.
on the loquacity of barbers, 202, 474.
on Wither's poetry, 210, 477.
on long lines in poetry, 214.
on Miss Burrell's acting, 215, 484.
on Mrs. Jordan and Miss Kelly, 217, 485.
in praise of Miss Kelly, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 485.
on Brome's "Jovial Crew," 219, 486.
on Bickerstaff's "Hypocrite," 221, 487.
on the acting of Dowton, 221.
on the acting of Pearman, 222.
on Wilkinson in "A Walk for a Wager," 224.
on Falstaff's Letters, 225, 491.
on Charles Lloyd's "Nugæ Canoræ," 229, 493.
on Barron Field's poems, 232, 493.
on Australia, 232.
on John Keats, 235, 494.
on Sir Thomas More, 239, 495.
on being put in the stocks, 246, 496.
[Pg 564]on a Cambridge giantess, 248, 497.
on the education of an old gentleman, 251, 497.
and De Quincey, 251, 497.
on Scott of Amwell's criticisms, 257, 498.
on the character of Ritson, 258.
on Southey's intolerance, 265, 498.
on personal religion, 266.
on his friends, 269, 503.
on the charges at Westminster Abbey, 275, 508.
on the Gunpowder Treason, 279, 509.
on Sycorax in "The Tempest," 286, 511.
his invented life of Liston, 292, 512.
on cuckoldry, 299, 513.
on lotteries, 304, 514.
is taken to the Guildhall to see the lottery drawn, 305.
on the marriage of Nonconformists, 310, 514.
his invented autobiography of Munden, 314, 515.
his essay signed "Lepus," 317, 515.
on thoughtless visitors, 317, 516.
on spurious book lovers, 320.
on the mortifications of authorship, 322.
and the last peach, 333, 519.
on the temptation to pilfer, 333.
on Odes and Addresses, 335, 519.
on punning, 335, 520.
on the religion of actors, 337, 521.
on the conversion of a Jew, 338.
on deformity and nobility, 340.
on a stingy man, 342.
on February 29, 349.
on his earliest school-days, 351.
on George IV.'s birthday, 354, 528.
on the character of the ass, 356, 529.
on cruelty to animals, 356, 530.
on squirrels, 359, 530.
on beadles, 360, 531.
and the bookseller, 361.
on the Queenlike Closet, 361, 532.
on Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, 366, 532.
his continuation of "John Gilpin," 368, 533.
on Enfield stiles, 369, 533.
his paraphrase of Hood, 369. 534.
his autobiography, 375, 535.
on Shakespeare's "improvers," 376, 535.
on cleanliness and godliness, 379.
on the tender mercies of grandmothers, 380, 537.
on Defoe, 381, 537.
on Clarence songs, 383, 539.
on George Dawe, 385, 540.
on Vincent Bourne, 391, 544.
on his own Album Verses, 395, 544.
on the death of Munden, 397, 545.
on presents of game, 398, 546.
on beggars, 400, 547.
on marriage, 400.
on beautiful wives, 400.
on elopements, 400.
his story on Will Dockwray, 401.
on Milton, 401, 428.
on parenthesis, 402, 548.
on advice, 403.
on laxity in words, 404.
on absurd images, 405.
on Shakespeare's character, 405.
on sauces, 406.
on the death of Coleridge, 406, 549.
[Pg 565]on the choice of a grave, 427, 552.
on a passage in Comus, 428.
on John Wilkes, 428, 552.
on pride, 429.
on Dibdin's Comic Tales, 429, 552.
on mad dogs, 430, 553.
on Moxon's Sonnets, 435, 554.
his Works, 437.
his sonnet to Martin Burney, 437.
and the Morning Post, 440.
on Shakespeare and Burton, 441.
and his sister in London late in life, 444.
his hallucination, 453.
on Donne and Cowley, 454.
and stimulants, 456.
on his "Confessions of a Drunkard," 456.
his signatures in The Examiner, 464.
and the chimney-sweeper, 467.
letter to Wordsworth, 470.
letter to John Scott, 473.
on Dr. Nott, 478.
proposes marriage to Miss Kelly, 487, 488.
refused by Miss Kelly, 488.
his reply to Miss Kelly, 489.
his private letters to Southey, 501.
as Captain and Mr. Lion, 524.
his letter to Hone on Colnett's epitaph, 526.
on reticence in writing, 548.
articles conjecturally attributed to him, 425, 427, 429, 430, 431, 432, 435, 443, 484, 492, 544.
Mary, on needlework, 204, 477.
on the duty of wives, 208.
her reminiscences of school days, 353.
"Lamia," by Keats, reviewed by Lamb, 235, 494.
Last Peach, The, 333, 519.
Latin Poems of Vincent Bourne, 391, 544.
"Lear, King," unsuitable for the stage, 124.
improved by Tate, 376, 535.
the final scene, 401, 548.
"Lepus," Papers, The, 317, 319, 322, 324, 326, 327, 515.
Leslie, C. R., on Lamb, 459.
Maria. See Rosamund Gray.
Letter of Elia to Robert Southey, 265, 498.
Letter to an Old Gentleman whose Education has been Neglected, 251, 497.
Lewis, "Gentleman," and "Mr. H.," 545.
Lillo's "George Barnwell," 118.
Lion, Mr., his joke, 524.
Liston, Mr., Biographical Memoir, 292, 512.
John, as Lord Grizzel, 177.
his real life, 512.
Literary Gazette and Lamb, 502.
Livingstone, L. S., and Wither, 481, 482.
Lloyd, Charles, His "Nugæ Canoræ," 229, 493.
on Lamb, 493.
Robert, Memoir of, 153, 455.
Lamb's letter to, 442.
London home, Lamb's choice of a, 180.
London Magazine, Lamb's contributions to, 246, 248, 251, 257, 265, 278, 285, 288, 292, 299, 310, 314, 329, 333, 425, 427, 457.
Londoner, The, 46, 444.
Lotteries, a lament for, 304.
"Lust's Dominion," by Marlowe, 48.
M
"Macbeth" and the witches, 55.
his murder of Duncan, 123.
unsuitable for the stage, 126.
improved by Davenant, 377, 536.
[Pg 566]"Maid's Tragedy, The," by Beaumont and Fletcher, 62.
Mandeville, Bernard, his Fable of the Bees, 141, 454, 455.
Many Friends, 317, 516.
"March to Finchley," by Hogarth, 92.
Margaret, Old. See Rosamund Gray.
Maria Leslie. See Rosamund Gray.
Marlowe, Christopher, 48.
"Marriage à la Mode," by Hogarth, 95.
law for Nonconformists, 310.
Marston, John, 51.
Massinger, Philip, 64.
Matravis. See Rosamund Gray.
Meanness personified in Juke Judkins, 342.
"Measure for Measure," by Shakespeare, 72, 446.
Melancholy, Anatomy of, 35, 440.
Memoir of Robert Lloyd, 153, 455.
"Merry Devil of Edmonton, The," 52.
Middleton, Thomas, 53, 55, 64.
Milton's description of hissing, 102.
Milton, his Tractate on Education, 256.
Lamb and Johnson on Paradise Lost, 401.
a suppressed passage in Comus, 428, 552.
Minikin, Mrs., Lamb's cook, 547.
Miscellany, The, 427, 552.
Monkhouse, Thomas, Lamb's friend, 270, 504.
Months, The, 361, 531.
More, Sir Thomas, 239, 495.
on Sir Thomas Hytton, 239.
and Erasmus, 240.
on relics of the cross, 241.
on the miracle of conception, 243.
Morland, George, his dependence on stimulants, 160, 460.
Morning Post, Lamb's contributions to, 41, 44, 46, 440, 444.
Mortifications of an Author, 322, 516.
Moseley, Humphrey, the bookseller, 435, 554.
Moxon, Edward, reviewed by Lamb, 435, 554.
his Sonnets, 435.
his career, 554.
Mr. Ephraim Wagstaff, his Wife and Pipe, 432, 554.
"Mr. H.," Lamb's farce, its fate, 449.
Mrs. Gilpin Riding to Edmonton, 368, 533.
Munden, Mr., The Autobiography of, 314, 515.
The Death of, 397, 545.
Munden, Joseph, his genius, 397.
his true life, 515.
Murderers, difficulty of describing, 79.
Music, its reverse, 358.
"Mustapha," by Lord Brooke, 58.
N
Needlework, On, 204, 477.
New Acting, The, 176, 465.
New Monthly Magazine, Lamb's contributions to, 304, 337, 340, 342, 375, 406, 554.
New Pieces at the Lyceum, 222, 490.
New South Wales, Lamb's hopes for it, 233.
New Times, The, Lamb's contributions to, 235, 317, 319, 322, 324, 326, 327, 335, 429.
"New Wonder, A," by Rowley, 54.
Nobility and deformity, 340.
Norris, Randal, 269, 503.
North, Christopher (John Wilson), on Lamb and Southey, 499.
Nott, Dr. John, on Lamb and Wither, 478.
Novel, fragment of, by Lamb, 342.
"Nugæ Canoræ," by Charles Lloyd, reviewed, 229, 493.
[Pg 567]Nugæ Criticæ on a Passage in "The Tempest," 285, 511.
O
"O. P." Riots, 451.
"Odes and Addresses to Great People," 335, 519.
Ogilby, John, on Algiers, 286.
"Old Fortunatus," by Dekker, 50
Old Gentleman, Letter to, 251, 497.
"Old Law," by Massinger, Middleton and Rowley, 64.
On the Ambiguities Arising from Proper Names, 80, 448.
Burial Societies and the Character of an Undertaker, 107, 451.
the Custom of Hissing at Theatres, 101, 449.
Danger of Confounding Moral with Personal Deformity, 74, 448.
Genius and Character of Hogarth, 81, 448.
Inconveniences Resulting from being Hanged, 65, 445.
Melancholy of Tailors, 200, 473.
Needlework, 204, 477.
the Poetical Works of George Wither, 210, 477.
Tragedies of Shakespeare, Considered With Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation, 112, 451.
Oriental Eclogues, by Collins, 258.
Original Letter of James Thomson, 288, 512.
"Othello," unsuitable for the stage, 125.
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Parliament under explosion, 284, 510.
Passion, debased, in modern theatre, 56.
Patmore, P. G., Lamb's letter to, 553.
Peach, The Last, 333, 519.
Penny, Mr., and Hogarth, 93.
"Philaster," by Beaumont and Fletcher, 63.
Phillips, Colonel, Lamb's friend, 270, 505.
Pig superseded by hare as a delicacy, 399.
Pilgrim, The, by Bishop Patrick, 178, 466.
Pillory: Reflections in the, 329, 518.
518.
Play-house Memoranda, 184, 468.
"Poetaster, The," by Jonson, 60.
Poetical Decameron, by J. P. Collier, 356, 529.
Poetry, Lamb on length of lines in, 214.
Pope, Alexander, his satire against Dennis, 203, 476.
Popular Fallacy, A, 340, 523.
Pride, A Check to, 429, 552.
Prior, Matthew, his "Henry and Emma," 548.
Procter, B. W. (Barry Cornwall), 269, 504.
"Progress of Cant, The," 431, 554.
"Progress of Poesy," by Gray, quoted, 425, 551.
Proper names, essay on, 80, 448.
Pry, Tom, 324, 516.
His Wife, 326, 517.
Prynne parodied by anticipation, 292.
Pulham, John Brook, and Lamb, 496.
Punning, the theory of, 335.
Puns and civilisation, 233.
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Quarterly Review, its attitude to Lamb, 458, 471, 498.
Lamb on The Excursion, 187, 469.
Southey's review of Elia, 265, 498.
[Pg 568]Queenlike Closet, The, by Hannah Woolley, 361, 532.
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"Rake's Progress, The," by Hogarth, 82, 87, 95.
Readers against the Grain, 319, 516.
Reading as a Fashion, 321.
Recollections of Christ's Hospital, 162, 460.
A Late R.A., 385, 540.
Reflections in the Pillory, 329, 518.
Reflector, The, Lamb's contributions to, 65, 74, 80, 81, 101, 107, 112, 130, 138, 145, 148, 162, 210, 278, 445.
"Relapse, The," quoted from, 367, 533.
Religion of Actors, The, 337, 521.
Remarkable Correspondent, 349, 527.
Reminiscence of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, 366, 532.
Reminiscences of Jude Judkins, 342, 523.
Reprints of "Elia," 457.
"Revenger's Tragedy, The," by Tourneur, 56.
Review of Dibdin's "Comic Tales," 429, 552.
"The Excursion," 187, 469.
Hood's "Odes and Addresses," 335, 519.
Keats' "Lamia," 235, 494.
Lloyd's Poems, 229, 493.
Moxon's "Sonnets," 435, 554.
White's "Falstaff's Letters," 225, 491.
Reynolds, J. H., his Odes and Addresses, 335, 519.
and Leonardo da Vinci, 174, 464.
Sir Joshua, 85, 87, 174, 449, 464.
"Rich Jew of Malta, The," by Marlowe, 49.
Richard III., his character, 41, 122, 426.
Richard III., his deformity no precedent of nobility, 341.
Richardson, Samuel, against virtue, 50.
"Rimini, The Story of," by Leigh Hunt, 272, 506.
Ritson versus John Scott the Quaker, 257, 498.
Robinson, H. Crabb, 270, 459, 504.
Rosamund Gray, 1, 438.
Rowley, William, 53, 54, 55, 64.
Roxana, by Defoe, 539.
"Ruins of Rome," by Dyer, 257.
Rutter, Mr. J. A., 553.
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Salutation, The, in Newgate Street, 551.
Samson and Delilah, painted by Dawe, 388, 543.
Saturday Night, 379, 537.
Sauces, Lamb on, 406.
Scott, John, of Amwell, and Ritson, 257, 498.
Scraps of Criticism, 425, 551.
Seasons, The, by Thomson, 262.
Shadwell, Thomas, his improved "Timon," 377, 536.
Shakespeare's Tragedies, 112, 451.
Shakespeare: character of Richard III., 41, 122, 426.
his poetical contemporaries, 48.
"All's Well that Ends Well," 62.
his richness, 63.
"Measure for Measure" quoted, 72.
"Timon of Athens," 82, 377, 536.
"Tarquin and Lucrece," 86.
his tragedies unfitted for stage, 112.
"Lear," 124, 376, 401, 536, 548.
"Tempest," 127, 285, 511.
and Jeremy Collier, 183, 468.
his characters, 405.
Shirley, James, 65.
[Pg 569]Sir Thomas More, 239, 495.
Sittingbourne, Mrs. Liston's supposed aunt, 295.
Smith, Mrs., the biggest woman in Cambridge, 497.
Smollett, Tobias, his Ferdinand Count Fathom quoted, 449.
and Hogarth, 97, 100, 101.
Snakes typifying stage critics, 104, 105.
Sonnet occasioned by reading Elia's Letter to Dr. Southey, 508.
Southey, Robert, Elia's Letter to, 265, 498.
his ecclesiastical levities, 267.
on infidelity, 270.
and "Rosamund Gray," 439, 440.
his letter to Lamb, 501.
his verses on Lamb, 502.
on Thornton Hunt, 502.
on scepticism, 506.
Specimens from the Writings of Fuller, the Church Historian, 130, 453.
Spectator, The, Lamb's contribution to, 376, 383.
Spencer, Robert William, 80, 448.
Spenser, Edmund, and his namesake, 80, 448.
Squirrels, In Re, 359, 530.
Stage lighting in Lamb's time, 453.
"Stages of Cruelty," by Hogarth, 96.
Starkey, Captain, 351, 528.
State Bed, Grand, 44, 444.
Steele, Sir Richard, his "Funeral," 451.
Stocks, Lamb in the, 247.
Street Conversation, 179, 467.
"Strolling Players," by Hogarth, 90.
Surprise, A Sylvan, 179, 467.
Swinburne, Mr. A. C., quoted, 478.
Sycorax, the witch, in "The Tempest," 286, 511.
Sylvan Surprise, A, 179, 467.
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Table for Twelfth Day, 44, 444.
Table Talk in "The Examiner," 174, 464.
by the Late Elia, 400, 547.
Tailors, On the Melancholy of, 200, 473.
Talfourd, T. N., 269, 503.
his criticism of Munden, 546.
"Tamburlaine the Great," by Marlowe, 49.
"Tarquin and Lucrece," by Shakespeare, 86.
Tate, Nahum, his improved "King Lear," 376.
Taylor, Jeremy, on the Gunpowder Treason, 279, 510.
"Tempest, The," as altered by Dryden, 127.
On a Passage in, 285, 511.
criticism by "Lælius," 511.
Theatre, Lamb's delight in, 185.
"Thierry and Theodoret," by Fletcher, 63.
Thompson, Marmaduke, Lamb's dedication to, 438.
Thomson, James, Original Letter of, 288, 512.
The Seasons, 262, 473.
Thoughts on Presents of Game, 398, 546.
Time, The Defeat of, 369, 534.
Times, The, on Lamb and Southey, 499.
"Timon of Athens" and "The Rake's Progress," 82.
improved by Shadwell, 377, 536.
Tobacco, the perils of, 157.
Tom Pry, 324, 516.
Pry's Wife, 326, 517.
Tourneur, Cyril, 56, 159.
Town Residence, A, 180, 467.
Tudors and Stuarts contrasted, 405.
Twelfth Day, Table for, 44, 444.
Twelfth of August, 354, 528.
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[Pg 570]Undertaker, the character of an, 110.
Undertaking, its humours, 107.
Unitarian Protests, 310, 514.
Unitarianism and Lamb, 507, 515.
Upcott, William, 535.
V
Vertot, the Abbé de, as historian, 304.
"Vicar and Moses," the song, 282.
"Virgin Martyr, The," by Massinger and Dekker, 64.
Vision of Horns, A, 299, 513.
"Vittoria Corombona" ("The White Devil"), 57.
W
Wagstaff, Mr. Ephraim, 432, 554.
Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths, 269, 503, 518.
Waiting at table, rules for, 365.
Wales, William, master at Christ's Hospital, 171, 463.
Wealth for ten minutes, 308.
Webster, John, 56.
Westminster Abbey, charge for admittance, 275, 508.
"What you Will," by Marston, 52.
White, James, his Falstaff's Letters, 225, 491, 492.
"White Devil, The," by Webster, 57.
"Whore, The Honest," by Dekker, 51, 89.
Wicliffe, his ashes, 137, 453.
Widford in Hertfordshire, 27, 440.
Wilkes, John, and the blackbirds, 428, 552.
in Southey's "Vision of Judgment," 503.
Wilkinson, T. P., in "A Walk for a Wager," 224, 491.
William IV., songs referring to, 383, 539.
Wilson, John. See Christopher North.
Walter, Lamb's friend, 537.
on Charles Lamb, 539.
"Witch, The," by Middleton, 55.
"Witch of Edmonton, The," by Rowley, Dekker and Ford, 55.
Wither, George, His Poetical Works, 210, 477.
his life, 483.
"Woman Killed with Kindness," by Heywood, 53.
Woolley, Hannah, her Queenlike Closet, 361, 532.
Wordsworth, William, 269, 504.
Lamb's review of his Excursion, 187, 469.
his sonnet on "Wicliffe," 453.
Works, by Charles Lamb, 437.
Wrench, B., in "The Hypocrite," 222.

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