Cannot get element out of wrapped set.

Cannot get element out of wrapped set.

Hello,

I am selecting a group of li elements. The following code returns me a length of '8'

$('.HwCitationsContent li').length

However when I try to get the text from a particular item in the set I get nothing. In fact, the msg box won't even appear.
alert($('.HwCitationsContent li')[1].text())


What am I missing here? Thanks!