his sister Mary, 86. —— his dislike
of stories, 86. —— on the Duchess
of Newcastle again, 87. —— on Mackery
End, 88. —— his Hertfordshire relations,
88. —— on the comely Brutons, 89.
—— on gallantry, 90. ——
on Joseph Paice, 92. —— on the Temple,
94. —— on sun-dials, 95. ——
on fountains, 96. —— on the old
Benchers, 97. —— on Joseph Jekyll,
97. —— on Samuel Salt, 98, 103.
—— on Thomas Coventry, 99. ——
on his father, 99. —— on Daines
Barrington, 101. —— on James Mingay,
102. —— on Baron Maseres, 103.
—— on saying grace, 104. ——
on Milton, 107. —— his godfather
Field, 111. —— as a landed proprietor,
112. —— his first play, 112. ——
and his imaginary children, 115. ——
his grandmother, 115. —— on Blakesware,
116. —— on distant correspondents,
118. —— on Lord Camelford’s
whim, 121. —— on puns, 122. ——
on Australia, 122. —— on chimney-sweepers,
124. —— on Saloop, 125. ——
and fine teeth, 127. —— and James
White, 128. —— on beggars, 130.
—— his translation from Bourne, 133.
Lamb, Charles, on Samuel Horsey, 135. ——
on almsgiving, 137. —— on the origin
of roast pig, 137. —— on roast pig,
140. —— and his plum cake, 142.
—— on married people, 144. ——
on “Twelfth Night,” 150. ——
on Mrs. Jordan, 151. —— on Mrs.
Powel, 151. —— on Bensley’s
Malvolio, 152. —— on Dodd’s
Aguecheek, 155. —— on Dicky Suett,
157. —— on Jack Bannister, 159.
—— on Jack Palmer, 159, 165. ——
on the artificial comedy, 161. ——
on Wycherley and Congreve, 162. ——
on the “School for Scandal,” 164. ——
on J.P. Kemble, 168. —— on
Munden’s faces, 169. —— on
Elia’s death, 172. —— on family
mansions, 174. —— on Blakesware,
175. —— on the feeling of gentility,
176. —— on poor relations, 178.
—— on Favell’s sensitiveness,
181. —— on John Billet, 183. ——
on stage illusion, 185. —— on Gattie’s
old men, 186. —— on Emery as Tyke,
186. —— on Elliston, 188, 190.
—— entertains Elliston, 194. ——
on reading, 195. —— on books that
are not books, 195. —— on binding,
196. —— on editions of the great
authors, 197. —— on the names of
poets, 198. —— on Shakespeare, 198.
—— his adventure on Primrose Hill,
199. —— on watering-places, 201.
—— on the voyage to Margate, 21.
—— on a good liar, 202. ——
on the ocean, 205. —— on Hastings,
206. —— on smuggling, 207. ——
on convalescence, 208. —— on the
sanity of genius, 212. —— on Captain
Jackson, 215. —— on his clerk-state,
219. —— his superannuation, 221.
—— on leisure, 222. ——
on the genteel style in writing, 226. ——
on Sir William Temple, 226. —— on
Miss Kelly’s reminiscence. 230. ——
on his friends among actors, 232. ——
on Westminster Abbey fees, 235. ——
on Andrews monument, 237. —— on
George Dyer’s immersion, 237. ——
on the Islington doctor, 238, ——
on the New River, 240. —— on drowning
in dreams, 241. —— on Sidney’s
sonnets, 242. —— on Milton’s
Latin sonnet, 243. —— on Hazlitt
s opinion of Sidney, 248. —— on
James Bruce, 250. —— on Dan Stuart,
250. —— on the Morning Post