tion>William Hazlitt
Table Talk
Essays on Men and Manners
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664179418
Table of Contents
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 X. ON LIVING TO ONE'S-SELF(1)
ESSAY XI. ON THOUGHT AND ACTION
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
ESSAY I. ON A LANDSCAPE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN
ESSAY IV. ON COFFEE-HOUSE POLITICIANS
ESSAY V. ON THE ARISTOCRACY OF LETTERS
ESSAY VII. ON GREAT AND LITTLE THINGS
ESSAY IX. ON EFFEMINACY OF CHARACTER
ESSAY X. WHY DISTANT OBJECTS PLEASE
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
ESSAY XVII. ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
VOLUME I
ESSAY I. ON THE PLEASURE OF PAINTING
'There is a pleasure in painting which none but painters know.' In writing, you have to contend with the world; in painting, you have only to carry on a friendly strife with Nature. You sit down to your task, and are happy. From the moment that you take up the pencil, and look Nature in the face, you are at peace with your own heart. No angry passions rise to disturb the silent progress of the work, to shake the hand, or dim the brow: no irritable humours are set afloat: you have no absurd opinions to combat, no point to strain, no adversary to crush, no fool to annoy—you are actuated by fear or favour to no man. There is 'no juggling
