title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant | | en | | | | | 2004-04-01 |
History of English Humour, Vol. 2 | L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan, 1832-1915 | en | | | | | 2006-07-25 |
History of English Humour, Vol. 1
With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour | L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan, 1832-1915 | en | | | | | 2006-05-02 |
The Humour of Homer and Other Essays | Butler, Samuel, 1835-1902 | en | | | Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919 [Editor] | | 2004-06-01 |
Every Man out of His Humour | Jonson, Ben, 1573-1637 | en | | | | | 2003-01-01 |
Every Man in His Humour | Jonson, Ben, 1573-1637 | en | | | | English drama (Comedy); Florence (Italy) -- Drama | 2003-01-01 |
Humour of the North | Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone), 1873-1946 | en | | Joseph Howe -- Thomas Chandler Haliburton -- William Henry Drummond -- Mrs. Everard Cotes -- James McCarroll -- George Thomas Lanigan -- James Demille. | | | 2008-04-11 |
At Large | Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925 | en | | The scene -- Contentment -- Friendship -- Humour -- Travel -- Specialism -- Our lack of great men -- Shyness -- Equality -- The dramatic sense -- Kelmscott and William Morris -- A speech day -- Literary finish -- A midsummer day's dream -- Symbols -- Optimism -- Joy -- The love of God -- Epilogue. | | | 2003-11-01 |
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers | Clouston, William Alexander, 1843-1896 | en | | Flowers from a Persian garden--Oriental wit and humour -- Tales of a parrot -- Rabbinical legends, tales, fables, and aphorisms -- An Arabian tale of love -- Apocryphal life of Esop -- Ignorance of the clergy in the Middle Ages -- The beards of our fathers. | | | 2005-10-26 |
My Discovery of England | Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 | en | | The balance of trade in impressions -- I am interviewed by the press -- Impressions of London -- A clear view of the government and politics of England -- Oxford as I see it -- The British and the American press -- Business in England -- Is prohibition coming to England? -- "We have with us to-night" -- Have the English any sense of humour? | | | 2002-11-01 |
Essays and Tales | Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 | en | | Public credit -- Household Superstitions -- Opera Lions -- Women and Wives -- The Italian Opera -- Lampoons -- True and False Humour -- Sa Ga Yan Qua Rash Tow's Impressions of London -- The Vision of Marraton -- Six Papers on Wit -- Friendship -- Chevy-Chase (Two Papers) -- A Dream of the Painters -- Spare Time (Two Papers) -- Censure -- The English Language -- The Vision of Mirza -- Genius -- Theodosius and Constantia -- Good Nature -- A Grinning Match -- Trust in God. | Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor] | Fiction; Essays; Short stories | 2001-09-01 |