History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)

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Contents- Burlesque-Parody-The "Splendid Shilling"-Prior-Pope-Ambrose.Philips-Parodies of Gray's Elegy-Gay.- Defoe-Irony-Ode to the Pillory-The "Comical Pilgrim"-The."Scandalous Club"-Humorous Periodicals-Heraclitus.Ridens-The London Spy-The British Apollo.- Swift-"Tale of a Tub"-Essays-Gulliver's Travels-Variety.of Swift's Humour-Riddles-Stella's Wit-Directions.for Servants-Arbuthnot.- Steele-The Funeral-The Tatler-Contributions of Swift-Of.Addison-Expansive Dresses-"Bodily Wit"-Rustic.Obtuseness-Crosses in Love-Snuff-taking.- Spectator-The Rebus-Injurious Wit-The Everlasting.Club-The Lovers' Club-Castles in the Air-The.Guardian-Contributions by Pope-"The Agreeable.Companion"-The Wonderful magazine-Joe miller-Pivot.Humour.- Sterne-His Versatility-Dramatic Form-Indelicacy-Sentiment.and Geniality-Letters to his Wife-Extracts.from his Sermons-Dr. Johnson.- Dodsley-"A muse in Livery"-"The Devil's a Dunce"-"The.Toy Shop"-Fielding-Smollett.- Cowper-Lady Austen's Influence-"John Gilpin"-"The.Task"-Goldsmith-"The Citizen of the World"-Humorous.Poems-Quacks-Baron Münchhausen.- The Anti-Jacobin-Its Objects and Violence-"The.Friends of Freedom"-Imitation of Latin Lyrics-The."Knife Grinder"-The "Progress of Man".- Wolcott-Writes against the Academicians-Tales of a.Hoy-"New Old Ballads"-"The Sorrows of Sunday"-Ode.to a Pretty Barmaid-Sheridan-Comic Situations-"The.Duenna"-Wits.- Southey-Drolls of Bartholomew Fair-The "Doves"-Typographical.Devices-Puns-Poems of Abel Shufflebottom.- Lamb-His Farewell to Tobacco-Pink Hose-On the.Melancholy of Tailors-Roast Pig.-Byron-Vision of Judgment-Lines to Hodgson-Beppo-Humorous.Rhyming-Profanity of the Age.- Theodore Hook-Improvisatore Talent-Poetry-Sydney.Smith-The "Dun Cow"-Thomas Hood-Gin-Tylney.Hall-John Trot-Barham's Legends.- Douglas Jerrold-Liberal Politics-Advantages of Ugliness-Button.Conspiracy-Advocacy of Dirt-The "Genteel.Pigeons".- Thackeray-His Acerbity-The Baronet-The Parson-Medical.Ladies-Glorvina-"A Serious Paradise".- Dickens-Sympathy with the Poor-Vulgarity-Geniality-Mrs. Gamp-Mixture of Pathos and Humour-Lever.and Dickens compared-Dickens' power of Description-General.Remarks.- Variation-Constancy-Influence of Temperament-Of.Observation-Bulls-Want of Knowledge-Effects.of Emotion-Unity of the Sense of the Ludicrous.- Definition-Difficulties of forming one of Humour.- Charm of Mystery-Complication-Poetry and Humour.compared-Exaggeration.- Imperfection-An Impression of Falsity implied-Two.Views taken by Philosophers-Firstly that of Voltaire, Jean Paul, Brown, the German Idealists, Lйon Dumont, Secondly that of Descartes, Marmontel and Dugald.Stewart-Whately on Jests-Nature of Puns-Effect of.Custom and Habit-Accessory Emotion-Disappointment.and Loss-Practical Jokes.- Nomenclature-Three Classes of Words-Distinction between.Wit and Humour-Wit sometimes dangerous, generally innocuous.