Table Talk

Table Talk

William Hazlitt, english writer, remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism (1778-1830)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- VOLUME I. TABLE TALK

-03- ESSAY I. ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING

-04- ESSAY II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-05- ESSAY III. ON THE PAST AND FUTURE

-06- ESSAY IV. ON GENIUS AND COMMON SENSE

-07- ESSAY V. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-08- ESSAY VI. CHARACTER OF COBBETT

-09- ESSAY VII. ON PEOPLE WITH ONE IDEA

-10- ESSAY VIII. ON THE IGNORANCE OF THE LEARNED

-11- ESSAY IX. THE INDIAN JUGGLERS

-12- ESSAY X. ON LIVING TO ONE'S SELF

-13- ESSAY XI. ON THOUGHT AND ACTION

-14- ESSAY XII. ON WILL MAKING

-15- ESSAY XIII. ON CERTAIN INCONSISTENCIES IN SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S DISCOURSES

-16- ESSAY XIV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-17- ESSAY XV. ON PARADOX AND COMMON PLACE

-18- ESSAY XVI. ON VULGARITY AND AFFECTATION

-19- VOLUME II. TABLE TALK

-20- ESSAY I. ON A LANDSCAPE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN

-21- ESSAY II. ON MILTON'S SONNETS

-22- ESSAY III. ON GOING A JOURNEY

-23- ESSAY IV. ON COFFEE HOUSE POLITICIANS

-24- ESSAY V. ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF LETTERS

-25- ESSAY VI. ON CRITICISM

-26- ESSAY VII. ON GREAT AND LITTLE THINGS

-27- ESSAY VIII. ON FAMILIAR STYLE

-28- ESSAY IX. ON EFFEMINACY OF CHARACTER

-29- ESSAY X. WHY DISTANT OBJECTS PLEASE

-30- ESSAY XI. ON CORPORATE BODIES

-31- ESSAY XII. WHETHER ACTORS OUGHT TO SIT IN THE BOXES

-32- ESSAY XIII. ON THE DISADVANTAGES OF INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY

-33- ESSAY XIV. ON PATRONAGE AND PUFFING

-34- ESSAY XV. ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER

-35- ESSAY XVI. ON THE PICTURESQUE AND IDEAL

-36- ESSAY XVII. ON THE FEAR OF DEATH