# Studies in jocular literature

Author: Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73723

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Studies+in+jocular+literature+Hazlitt&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

One of the Anglo-Saxon kings gave the manor of Walworth to his jester Nithardus; and we have all heard how the magnificent benefaction of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, subsequently repaired by Sir Richard Whittington, was founded by Rahere, the _joculator_ and favourite of a later monarch of this isle. In former days, to be a fool within certain lines, or a buffoon of a special type, was a walk of life not to be despised either by a man or by his friends. The jokes which he made were negotiable securities of first-class value. Not a five-pound note, but broad lands and the smiles of a prince, awaited the fortunate utterer of the _bon-mot_ and the fountain of merriment and good humour.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part I., Act ii., where Falstaff is discovered asleep behind the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/studies-in-jocular-literature-73723/chapters/15/index.md)