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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY AUgustine Birrell
THE ESSAYS OF ELIA
THE SOUTH-SEA HOUSE
OXFORD IN THE VACATION
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO
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A COMPLAINT OF THE DECAY OF BEGGARS IN THE
A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG
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A BACHELOR'S COMPLAINT OF THE BEHAVIOUR of Married
PEOPLE
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PREFACE—By a Friend of the late Elia .
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DETACHED THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND READING
THE OLD MARGATE HOY
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REJOICINGS UPON THE NEW YEAR'S COMING OF AGE
THE WEDDING
I. That a Bully is always a Coward .
II. That Ill-gotten Gain never Prospers
III. That a Man must not laugh at his own Jest
IV. That such a one Shows his Breeding-That it
is easy to Perceive he is no Gentleman
V. That the Poor copy the Vices of the Rich
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