Gryll Grange. Thomas Love Peacock
Sinking up to his Shoulders in a Hollow 225–196
Encouraged his Six Allies to Carry on the Siege 243–203
Constant All My Life to a Single Idea 250–208
Miss Gryll Was Resplendent As Circe 268–226
Her Every Movement Developed Some New Grace 275–235
You Are in Love, and Do Not Choose to Confess It. 279–239
Live in Hope; But Live on Beef and Ale 294–252
Your Handmaids Always Move in Pairs 298–256
Discoursing of Many Things, But Chiefly Of Morgana 304–261
She Appeared Before Him, Blushing and Trembling. 308–265
You Must Have Plenty of Ghosts in Greek and Latin 312–270
All's Well That Ends Well 326–284
His Saul Abune the Moon 330–288
DETAILED CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
Misnomers
CHAPTER II
The Squire and his Niece
CHAPTER III
The Duke's Folly
CHAPTER IV
The Forest—A Soliloquy on Hair
CHAPTER V.
The Seven Sisters
CHAPTER VI
The Rustic Lover
CHAPTER VII
The Vicar and his Wife—Families of Love:—
The Newspaper
CHAPTER VIII
Pantopragmatics
CHAPTER IX
Saint Catharine
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER X
The Thunderstorm
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XI
Electrical Science—The Death of Philemon
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XII
The Forest Dell—The Power of Love—The Lottery
of Marriage
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIII
Lord Curryfin—Siberian Dinners—Social Monotony
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XIV
Music and Painting—Jack of Dover
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XV
Expression in Music—The Dappled Palfrey—Love
and Age—Competitive Examination
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVI
Miss Niphet—The Theatre—The Lake—Divided Attraction
—Infallible Safety
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVII
Horse-Taming—Love in Dilemma—Injunctions—Sonorous Vases
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XVIII
Lectures—The Power of Public Opinion—A New
Order of Chivalry
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XIX
A Symposium—Transatlantic Tendencies
—After-Dinner Lectures—Education
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XX
Algernon and Morgana—Opportunity and Repentance
—The Forest in Winter
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXI
Skating—Pas de deux on the Ice—Congeniality
—Flints among Bones
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXII
The Seven against Thebes—A Soliloquy on Christmas
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIII
The two Quadrilles—Pope's Ombre—Poetical Truth to
Nature—Cleopatra
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXIV
Progress of Sympathy—Love's Injunctions—Orlando
Innamorato
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXV
Harry and Dorothy
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVI
Doubts and Questions
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVII
Love in Memory
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXVIII
Aristophanes in London
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXIX
The Bald Venus—Inez de Castro—The Unity of Love
CHAPTER XXX
A Captive Knight—Richard