Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
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About This Book
William Hazlitt was an English writer known for his humorous essays and literary criticisms. He best known for his writings on Shakespeare's plays and characters. This collection contains some of Hazlitt's best essays including; On Milton's Sonnets, On Coffee-House Politicians, On Criticism, On Great and Little Things, Why Distant Objects Please, On Corporate Bodies, Whether Actors Should Sit in the Boxes, and many more.
Chapters (37)
- TABLE-TALK ESSAYS ON MEN AND MANNERS
- VOLUME I
- ESSAY I. ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING
- ESSAY II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ESSAY III. ON THE PAST AND FUTURE
- ESSAY IV. ON GENIUS AND COMMON SENSE
- ESSAY V. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ESSAY VI. CHARACTER OF COBBETT
- ESSAY VII. ON PEOPLE WITH ONE IDEA
- ESSAY VIII. ON THE IGNORANCE OF THE LEARNED
- ESSAY IX. THE INDIAN JUGGLERS
- ESSAY X. ON LIVING TO ONE'S-SELF(1)
- ESSAY XI. ON THOUGHT AND ACTION
- ESSAY XII. ON WILL-MAKING
- ESSAY XIII. ON CERTAIN INCONSISTENCIES IN SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S DISCOURSES
- ESSAY XIV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
- ESSAY XV. ON PARADOX AND COMMON-PLACE
- ESSAY XVI. ON VULGARITY AND AFFECTATION
- VOLUME II
- ESSAY I. ON A LANDSCAPE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN
- ESSAY II. ON MILTON'S SONNETS
- ESSAY III. ON GOING A JOURNEY
- ESSAY IV. ON COFFEE-HOUSE POLITICIANS
- ESSAY V. ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF LETTERS
- ESSAY VI. ON CRITICISM
- ESSAY VII. ON GREAT AND LITTLE THINGS
- ESSAY VIII. ON FAMILIAR STYLE
- ESSAY IX. ON EFFEMINACY OF CHARACTER
- ESSAY X. WHY DISTANT OBJECTS PLEASE
- ESSAY XI. ON CORPORATE BODIES
- ESSAY XII. WHETHER ACTORS OUGHT TO SIT IN THE BOXES?
- ESSAY XIII. ON THE DISADVANTAGES OF INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY
- ESSAY XIV. ON PATRONAGE AND PUFFING
- ESSAY XV. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER
- ESSAY XVI. ON THE PICTURESQUE AND IDEAL
- (A Fragment)
- ESSAY XVII. ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
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