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Charles the First (11:55) Duke of Buckingham (6:45) The Death of Charles IX (7:51) Royal Promotions (6:18) Nobility (1:55) Modes of Salutation, and Amicable Ceremonies, Observed in Various Nations (11:30) Fire, and the Origin of Fireworks (10:41) The Bible Prohibited and Improved (12:33) Origin of the Materials of Writing (21:32) Anecdotes of European Manners (27:16) The Early Drama (11:09) The Marriage of the Arts (8:20) A Contrivance in Dramatic Dialogue (5:19) The Comedy of a Madman (5:10) Solitude (13:33) Literary Friendships (9:39) Anecdotes of Abstraction of Mind (8:55) Richardson (9:43) Influence of a Name (30:46) The Jews of York (11:33) The Sovereignty of the Seas (4:12) On the Custom of Kissing Hands (5:37) Popes (5:20) Literary Composition (20:26) Poetical Imitations and Similarities (39:37) Explanation of the Fac-Simile (8:54) Literary Fashions (8:37) The Pantomimical Characters (43:17) Extemporal Comedies (22:06) Massinger, Milton, and the Italian Theatre (12:34) Songs of Trades, or Songs for the People (23:24) Introducers of Exotic Flowers, Fruits, etc. (21:15) Usurers of the Seventeenth Century (39:27) Chidiock Titchbourne (24:26) Elizabeth and her Parliament (23:02) Anecdotes of Prince Henry, the Son of James I, when a Child (21:16) The Diary of a Master of the Ceremonies (31:17) Diaries - Moral, Historical, and Critical (27:53) Licensers of the Press (41:18) Of Anagrams and Echo Verses (22:20) Orthography of Proper Names (12:35) Names of Our Streets (10:22) Secret History of Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford (7:02) Ancient Cookery, and Cooks (31:20) Ancient and Modern Saturnalia (39:31) Reliquiae Gethinianae (11:12) Robinson Crusoe (8:40) Catholic and Protestant Dramas (11:43) The History of the Theatre during its Suppression (31:41) Drinking-Customs in England (30:24) Literary Anecdotes (8:59) Condemned Poets (15:19) Acajou and Zirphile (7:18) Tom o' Bedlams (19:15) Introduction of Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate (29:42) Charles the First's Love of the Fine Arts (29:45) Secret History of Charles the First, and his Queen Henrietta (41:42) The Minister - the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu (19:49) The Minister - Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admiral, Lord General, etc. etc. etc. (56:53) Felton, the Political Assassin (27:16) Johnson's Hints for the Life of Pope (8:26) Modern Literature - Bayle's Critical Dictionary (18:49) Characteristics of Bayle (21:01) Cicero Viewed as a Collector (9:13) The History of the Caracci (20:50) An English Academy of Literature (30:40) Quotation (15:30) The Origin of Dante's Inferno (20:17) Of a History of Events which have not Happened (31:14) Of False Political Reports (16:23) Of Suppressors and Dilapidators of Manuscripts (30:22) Parodies (23:17) Anecdotes of the Fairfax Family (10:50) Medicine and Morals (22:20) Psalm-Singing (20:06) On the Ridiculous Titles Assumed by Italian Academies (32:40) On the Hero of Hudibras, Butler Vindicated (15:53) Shenstone's School-Mistress (14:42) Ben Johnson on Translation (3:52) The Loves of 'The Lady Arabella' (47:50) Domestic History of Sir Edward Coke (31:58) Of Coke's Style, and his Conduct (6:46) Secret History of Authors who have Ruined their Booksellers (38:35)
