Hare Court, Lamb's rooms in, 390. "Harlequin's Invasion," 113, 387. Hastings and the Lambs, 206, 416. Hawes, Dr., 241. Hazlitt, William, on Sidney, 247, 427. —— on Lamb in the country, 345. —— knocked down by John Lamb, 347. —— his interest in John Buncle, 357. —— as Duns Scotus, 367. —— Lamb's letter to, 397. —— on Lamb, 403. —— his wedding, 436. — W.C., his notes on Lamb, 357, 438. Helicon and Hippocrene confused, 37. Hertfordshire hair, 178. — and Lamb, 220, 418. — Lamb's praise of, 375. He was (woe worth that word!) to each well-thinking mind, 428. Heywood, Thomas, quoted, 67. Hickman, Tom, the prize fighter, 287, 440. High-born Helen, round your dwelling, 407. Hodges (or Huggins), 352. Hogarth, his chimney-sweeper, 126. Hogsflesh and Bacon, 415. Hogs Norton and the pigs, 109. Holcroft, Thomas, 376. Hone's Table Book, Lamb's contribution to, 279. Hood, Thomas, his friendship with Lamb, 393. —— on beggars, 393. Hooker, Richard, 104, 384. Hoole, John, 404. Horsey, Samuel, 135, 393. Huggins (or Hodges), 352. Hugh of Lincoln, 70, 371. Hume, David, 70, 371. — Joseph, Lamb's friend, 394. Humphreys, Mr. Deputy, 253. Hunt, Leigh, and Lamb, 360. —— chaffed by Lamb, 364. Hunt, Leigh, replies to Lamb, 365. —— and Lamb's "Chimney Sweepers," 392. —— on Lamb's books, 412. —— his translation of Milton, 426. — Thornton, 77, 372. Hutchinson, Sarah, Lamb's letter to, 417.
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I can remember when a child the maids, 372.
I have not forgot how thou didst love thy Charles, 350.
Illusion on the stage, 185.
Imagination, its lack in the artists of Lamb's day, 256.
Imitators of Lamb, 339.
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES, 66, 370.
Ino Leucothea, 79.
Ireland, Dean, 423.
Irving, Edward, and Lamb, 442.
Isola, Emma, 436.
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JACKSON, CAPTAIN, 215, 416.
— "Omniscient," 102, 383.
"Janus Weathercock." See Wainewright.
Jekyll, Joseph, 97, 379.
John Woodvil quoted, 368, 372.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 250, 344, 383.
Jokes to order, Lamb on, 252.
Jonson, Ben, quoted, 89.
Jordan, Mrs., 151, 398.
Joshua, Martin's picture of, 262, 435.
Journalism and Lamb, 251.
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Kelly, Fanny, and BARBARA S——, 421.
—— and Mrs. Siddons, 422.
Kemble, John Philip, 153, 168, 327, 398.
Kenney, James, 30, 357.
Kent, Charles, his edition of Lamb, 421.
King, Thomas, 166, 400.
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"Lady of the Manor," 113, 387. Lamb, Charles, on the South-Sea House, 1. —— on accountants, 3. —— on Elia, 8. —— on Oxford, 10. —— on antiquity, 11. —— on old libraries, 11. —— on George Dyer, 11. —— on his school-days, 14. —— on Coleridge's school-days, 14. —— on Matthew Fielde, 21. —— on James Boyer, 22. —— on borrowers and borrowing, 26. —— on John Fenwick, 27. —— on Coleridge as a book borrower, 29. —— on the Duchess of Newcastle, 30. —— on the New Year, 31. —— on bells, 31. —— on his childhood, 32, 75. —— on the joy of life, 33. —— on death, 34. —— on Mrs. Battle and whist, 37, —— his want of ear, 43. —— his piano playing, 44. —— on oratorios, 45. —— on Novello's evenings, 47. —— on fools, 48. —— on Quakers, 51, 55, 72. —— on silence, 51. —— on Sewel's History, 53. —— on John Woolman, 54. —— and the Quaker "wit," 55. —— his reading, 56. —— on schoolmasters, 59. —— on Valentine's Day, 63. —— on anatomy and love, 64. —— on door knocks, 64. —— on Edward Burney's valentine, 65. —— on imperfect sympathies, 66. —— on Scotchmen, 67. —— on Jews, 70. —— on Braham, 71. —— on negroes, 71. —— on Quakers, 72. —— on witches, 74. —— on his childhood, 75. —— on children and the dark, 77. —— on Thornton Hunt's bringing up, 77. —— on dreams, 79. —— on his relations, 80. —— on Sarah Lamb, 80. —— on John Lamb, jr., 81, 117. —— on 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 days, 250. —— on joking to order, 252. —— on Bob Allen, 253. —— on The Albion, 254. —— and Sir James Mackintosh, 256. —— on modern painters, 256. —— on Titian's "Ariadne," 256. —— on Raphael, 257. —— on J.M.W. Turner, 258. —— his imaginary scene at Brighton, 259. —— on John Martin, 260. —— on Don Quixote, 264. —— his fantasy on the Days, 266. —— on Miss Burney's wedding, 271. —— on mothers and daughters, 273. —— on his behaviour on solemn occasions, 274. Lamb, Charles, on Admiral Burney, 275. —— his fantasy on the child angel, 276. —— on Randal Norris's death, 279. —— on old china, 281. —— his sister's regrets for poverty, 282. —— and the folio Beaumont and Fletcher, 282. —— and his sister's excursions, 283. —— and his sister's playgoing, 283. —— on bullies and cowards, 286. —— on ill-gotten gains, 287. —— on jokes and laughter, 287. —— on breeding, 288. —— on the poor and the rich, 288. —— on sayings concerning money, 290. —— on disputants, 291. —— on puns, 292. —— on Mrs. Conrady, 294. —— on beauty, 295. —— on presents, 296. —— on home, 298. —— on friendship, 302. —— on Merry's wedding day, 304. —— on early rising, 305. —— on superannuation, 307. —— on going to bed late, 308. —— on candle-light, 308. —— on sulky tempers, 309. —— on Kemble in Godwin's "Antonio," 329. —— on Mathews' collection of portraits, 331. —— on the name Elia, 337. —— his dedication to Elia, 337, —— his imitators, 339. —— his Key to Elia, 339. —— and the London Magazine, 340. —— on Taylor's editing, 341. —— his post London Magazine days, 342. —— at the South-Sea House, 342. —— in the country, 345. —— at Oxford, 346. —— his sonnet on Cambridge, 346. —— on Milton's MSS., 346. —— his jokes with George Dyer, 347. —— on George Dyer's career, 348, 349. —— his lines to his aunt, 350. —— his popularity at school, 355. —— on Grecians and Deputy-Grecians, 355. —— on reading and borrowing, 356. —— and Luther's Table Talk, 357. —— Coleridge as a reader, 357. —— his copy of Beaumont and Fletcher, 357. —— his copy of Donne, 358. —— his books in America, 358. —— his reply to "Olen," 358. —— his sonnet "Leisure," 359. —— Coleridge's description of him, 359. —— on Coleridge's "Ode," 359. —— his sonnet on Innocence, 360. —— rebuked by "A Father," 360. —— and the Burneys, 361. —— elementary rules of whist, 362. —— his ear for music, 363. —— weathering a Mozartian storm, 364. —— his chaff of Hunt, 364. —— on Elia's ancestors, 364. —— chaffed by Hunt, 365. —— Maginn thinks him a Jew, 365. —— on birthplaces, 365. —— on turning Quaker, 368. —— kisses a copy of Burns, 371. —— his threat concerning Burns, 371. —— rebuked by Christopher North, 371. —— his admiration of Braham, 371. —— on Sir Anthony Carlisle, 372. —— his sisters, 373. —— on John Lamb's pamphlet, 374. Lamb, Charles, his cousins, 376. —— his blank verse fragment, 377. —— on Wordsworth's "Yarrow Visited," 377. —— De Quincey's description of him, 377. —— his chivalry, 377. —— Barry Cornwall's anecdote of him, 377. —— his birthplace, 379. —— his patron, 380. —— his father, 381. —— and Baron Maseres, 383. —— and Southey's criticism of Elia, 384. —— as a landowner, 385. —— his letter to his tenant, 386. —— and his mother, 387. —— his sonnet to Mrs. Siddons, 388. —— and Alice W——, 389. —— his love period, 389. —— and chimney-sweepers, 390. —— at Bartholomew Fair, 391. —— his acquaintance with Hood, 393. —— his joke to a beggar, 394. —— on the "Beggar's Petition," 394. —— his joke on Wainewright, 395. —— the origin of his "Roast Pig," 395. —— his recantation, 397. —— his aunts, 397. —— on Mrs. John Rickman, 397. —— criticised by Macaulay, 399. —— praised by Hartley Coleridge, 400. —— on Elia's character, 402. —— on the East India House clerks, 404. —— letter to Southey about Blakesware, 406. —— letter to Barton on same subject, 406. —— his excursion with Elliston and Munden, 410. —— his books described by Leigh Hunt, 412. —— his affectation of affectation, 414. —— and watering-places, 415. —— at Hastings, 416. —— leaves the India House, 417. —— letter to Barton on his liberty, 417. —— on the Puritans, 418. —— his love of walking, 419. —— his sonnet on "Work," 419. —— his remark to Macready, 423. —— his remark to Allsop about Dyer, 425. —— the last book he read, 426. —— on Lord's Thurlow's poems, 427. —— his paragraphs for the Morning Post, 429. —— as he appeared to Dan Stuart, 430. —— his epigrams on Mackintosh, 433. —— his real opinion of Titian's "Ariadne," 434. —— letter to Barton on John Martin, 435. —— at Hazlitt's wedding, 436. —— his clothes, 438. —— his pun at Cary's, 441. —— his treatment of presentation copies, 441. — Elizabeth, Lamb's mother, 387. — John (Lovel), 100, 381. —— his boyhood, 183, 408. —— quoted, 437. —— jr., his character, 81. —— his childhood, 117. —— at the South-Sea House, 344. —— and Hazlitt, 347. —— his Letter … on Cruelty to Animals, 374. —— his death, 388. — Mary (Bridget Elia), Lamb's sister, 43, 86, 362, 376. —— her account of a schoolmaster, 62. —— a quaint poetess, 200, 414. —— her first play, 387. —— her poem "Helen," 407. — Sarah (Lamb's aunt), 15, 142, 350, 397. —— her character, 80. Lamb, Sarah, her sarcasm, 184. — family, 81, 373. "LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA," 339. Laughter, Lamb on, 287. "Lazarus, The Raising of," by Piombo, 262, 435. Le Grice, Charles Valentine, 25, 110, 354, 384. —— Samuel, 25, 355. Leisure, Lamb on, 420. Letter-writing, Lamb on, 118. Liar, a good, 202. Libraries, Lamb on, 11. Life of John Buncle, by Amory, 30, 357. Lincoln, John Lamb's boyhood, 183, 408. Liston, John, 169, 401, 423. Lloyd, Charles, 360. Lombardy and the pawnbrokers, 254. London, Lamb's homes in, 379. London Magazine, history of, 340. —— Lamb's contributions to, 1-56, 66-185, 195-208, 215, 219, 230, 235, 237, 242, 271, 276, 281, 315, 322, 331. —— Lamb's last contribution to, 408. Love and anatomy, 64. "Love for Love," by Congreve, 160. Lovel. See John Lamb. Lovell, Daniel, 255, 432. Lully, Raymond, 49, 196. "Lun's Ghost," 113, 387. Luther's Table Talk and Coleridge, 357. "Lycidas" in its original form, 346.