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Table-talk

by William Hazlitt

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Author
Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830
Title
Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
Credits
Produced by Christopher Hapka, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English essays
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3020
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3020
Release Date
January 1, 2002
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.TABLE-TALK — ESSAYS ON MEN AND MANNERS
  2. 2.By William Hazlitt — VOLUME I
  3. 3.ESSAY I. ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING
  4. 4.ESSAY II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  5. 5.ESSAY III. ON THE PAST AND FUTURE
  6. 6.ESSAY IV. ON GENIUS AND COMMON SENSE
  7. 7.ESSAY V. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  8. 8.ESSAY VI. CHARACTER OF COBBETT
  9. 9.ESSAY VII. ON PEOPLE WITH ONE IDEA
  10. 10.ESSAY VIII. ON THE IGNORANCE OF THE LEARNED
  11. 11.ESSAY IX. THE INDIAN JUGGLERS
  12. 12.ESSAY X. ON LIVING TO ONE'S-SELF(1)
  13. 13.ESSAY XI. ON THOUGHT AND ACTION
  14. 14.ESSAY XII. ON WILL-MAKING
  15. 15.ESSAY XIII. ON CERTAIN INCONSISTENCIES IN SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S DISCOURSES
  16. 16.ESSAY XIV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
  17. 17.ESSAY XV. ON PARADOX AND COMMON-PLACE
  18. 18.ESSAY XVI. ON VULGARITY AND AFFECTATION — VOLUME II
  19. 19.ESSAY I. ON A LANDSCAPE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN
  20. 20.ESSAY II. ON MILTON'S SONNETS
  21. 21.ESSAY III. ON GOING A JOURNEY
  22. 22.ESSAY IV. ON COFFEE-HOUSE POLITICIANS
  23. 23.ESSAY V. ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF LETTERS
  24. 24.ESSAY VI. ON CRITICISM
  25. 25.ESSAY VII. ON GREAT AND LITTLE THINGS
  26. 26.ESSAY VIII. ON FAMILIAR STYLE
  27. 27.ESSAY IX. ON EFFEMINACY OF CHARACTER
  28. 28.ESSAY X. WHY DISTANT OBJECTS PLEASE
  29. 29.ESSAY XI. ON CORPORATE BODIES
  30. 30.ESSAY XII. WHETHER ACTORS OUGHT TO SIT IN THE BOXES?
  31. 31.ESSAY XIII. ON THE DISADVANTAGES OF INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY
  32. 32.ESSAY XIV. ON PATRONAGE AND PUFFING
  33. 33.ESSAY XV. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER
  34. 34.ESSAY XVI. ON THE PICTURESQUE AND IDEAL — (A Fragment)
  35. 35.ESSAY XVII. ON THE FEAR OF DEATH

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