TABLE-TALK;
OR,
ORIGINAL ESSAYS.
BY WILLIAM HAZLITT.
LONDON:
JOHN WARREN, OLD BOND-STREET.
MDCCCXXI.
LONDON:
PRINTED RY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.
ADVERTISEMENT.
It may be proper to observe, that the Essays “On the Pleasure of Painting” and “On the Ignorance of the Learned,” in this Volume, have already appeared in periodical publications.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| Essay I.—On the Pleasure of Painting | 1 |
| Essay II.—The same Subject continued | 23 |
| Essay III.—On the Past and Future | 43 |
| Essay IV.—On Genius and Common Sense | 65 |
| Essay V.—The same Subject continued | 91 |
| Essay VI.—Character of Cobbett | 113 |
| Essay VII.—On People with one Idea | 135 |
| Essay VIII.—On the Ignorance of the Learned | 159 |
| Essay IX.—The Indian Jugglers | 179 |
| Essay X.—On Living to one’s-self | 209 |
| Essay XI.—On Thought and Action | 235 |
| Essay XII.—On Will-making | 265 |
| Essay XIII.—On certain Inconsistencies in Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Discourses | 287 |
| Essay XIV.—The same Subject continued | 311 |
| Essay XV.—On Paradox and Common-place | 347 |
| Essay XVI.—On Vulgarity and Affectation | 373 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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