Curiosities of

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3

Name: Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
Author: Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848; Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 [Editor]

作者：Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848; Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 [Editor]
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CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
EDITED, WITH MEMOIR AND NOTES,
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
MASQUES 4
HISTORY OF NEW WORDS 23
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROVERBS 32
CONFUSION OF WORDS 65
POLITICAL NICKNAMES 80
THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF A POET--SHENSTONE VINDICATED 90
SECRET HISTORY OF THE BUILDING OF BLENHEIM 102
SECRET HISTORY OF SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH 111
LITERARY UNIONS 131
OF A BIOGRAPHY PAINTED 136
CAUSE AND PRETEXT 141
POLITICAL FORGERIES AND FICTIONS 144
EXPRESSION OF SUPPRESSED OPINION 150
AUTOGRAPHS 168
THE HISTORY OF WRITING-MASTERS 167
THE ITALIAN HISTORIANS 177
OF PALACES BUILT BY MINISTERS 186
THE BOOK OF DEATH 200
HISTORY OF THE SKELETON OF DEATH 206
THE RIVAL BIOGRAPHERS OF HEYLIN 215
OF LENGLET DU FRESNOY 221
THE DICTIONARY OF TREVOUX 229
QUADRIO'S ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH POETRY 233
TOLERATION 245
APOLOGY FOR THE PARISIAN MASSACRE 255
PREDICTION 260
DREAMS AT THE DAWN OF PHILOSOPHY 280
ON PUCK THE COMMENTATOR 296
LITERARY FORGERIES 303
OF LITERARY FILCHERS 316
OF LORD BACON AT HOME 320
SECRET HISTORY OF THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 328
JAMES THE FIRST AS A FATHER AND A HUSBAND 333
THE MAN OF ONE BOOK 337
A BIBLIOGNOSTE 340
SECRET HISTORY OF AN ELECTIVE MONARCHY 346
BUILDINGS IN THE METROPOLIS, AND RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY 363
ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS 371
TRUE SOURCES OF SECRET HISTORY 380
LITERARY RESIDENCES 394
WHETHER ALLOWABLE TO RUIN ONESELF? 400
DISCOVERIES OF SECLUDED MEN 408
SENTIMENTAL BIOGRAPHY 414
LITERARY PARALLELS 425
THE PEARL BIBLES, AND SIX THOUSAND ERRATA 427
BUCKINGHAM'S POLITICAL COQUETRY WITH THE PURITANS 443
SIR EDWARD COKE'S EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE HIGH SHERIFF'S OATH 446
SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST AND HIS FIRST PARLIAMENTS 448
THE RUMP 482
INDEX 513
CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
LOCAL DESCRIPTIONS.
FOOTNOTES:
MASQUES.
FOOTNOTES:
OF DES MAIZEAUX, AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF ANTHONY COLLINS'S MANUSCRIPTS.
SIR, _January 6, 1730._
I am, &c.,
P. DES MAIZEAUX.
ELIZ. COLLINS.
TO MRS. COLLINS.
ELIZ. COLLINS.
TO MRS. COLLINS.
FOOTNOTES:
HISTORY OF NEW WORDS.
ROSCOMMON.
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
FOOTNOTES:
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROVERBS.
The proverb was---
At another _entree_ the proverb was--
Another _entree_ was the proverb of--
The Italian--
The haughty Spaniard--
And the French--
And to threaten to give a man--
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Another for the dairymaid assures her--
Another might rival any lesson of thrift:--
The vulgar proverb runs, "The more the merrier."
The cross,--"Not so! one hand is enough in a purse."
The proverb, "It is a great way to the bottom of the sea."
The cross,--"Not so! it is but a stone's cast."
The proverb, "The pride of the rich makes the labours of the poor."
The proverb, "He runs far who never turns."
The cross,--"Not so! he may break his neck in a short course."
CONFUSION OF WORDS.
SIR THOMAS WIAT.
Or the reverse, when loyalty may be ridiculed, as
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POLITICAL NICKNAMES.
FOOTNOTES:
THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF A POET.--SHENSTONE VINDICATED.
He paints himself:--
The cause is, "criminal expense," and he exclaims--
FOOTNOTES:
SECRET HISTORY OF THE BUILDING OF BLENHEIM.
FOOTNOTES:
SECRET HISTORY OF SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH.[66]
FOOTNOTES:
AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LAST HOURS OF SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH.
FOOTNOTES:
LITERARY UNIONS.
SECRET HISTORY OF RAWLEIGH'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND VASARI'S LIVES.
FOOTNOTES:
OF A BIOGRAPHY PAINTED.
FOOTNOTE:
CAUSE AND PRETEXT.
Our present inquiry concerns "cause and pretext."
POLITICAL FORGERIES AND FICTIONS.
FOOTNOTES:
EXPRESSION OF SUPPRESSED OPINION.
FOOTNOTES:
AUTOGRAPHS.[105]
FOOTNOTES:
THE HISTORY OF WRITING-MASTERS.
The nimbly-turning of their silver quill
Sometimes the caligrapher is a sort of hero:--
FOOTNOTES:
THE ITALIAN HISTORIANS.
FOOTNOTES:
OF PALACES BUILT BY MINISTERS.
FOOTNOTES:
FOOTNOTES:
THE BOOK OF DEATH.
FOOTNOTES:
HISTORY OF THE SKELETON OF DEATH.
FOOTNOTES:
THE RIVAL BIOGRAPHERS OF HEYLIN.
Again:--
FOOTNOTES:
OF LENGLET DU FRESNOY.
FOOTNOTES:
THE DICTIONARY OF TREVOUX.
FOOTNOTES:
QUADRIO'S ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH POETRY.
FOOTNOTES:
FOOTNOTES:
TOLERATION.
FOOTNOTES:
APOLOGY FOR THE PARISIAN MASSACRE.
FOOTNOTES:
PREDICTION.
FOOTNOTES:
DREAMS AT THE DAWN OF PHILOSOPHY.
FOOTNOTES:
ON PUCK THE COMMENTATOR.
FOOTNOTES:
LITERARY FORGERIES.
FOOTNOTES:
OF LITERARY FILCHERS.
FOOTNOTES:
OF LORD BACON AT HOME.
ON LORD BACON PUBLISHING APOPHTHEGMS
FOOTNOTES:
SECRET HISTORY OF THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
JAMES THE FIRST AS A FATHER AND A HUSBAND.
FOOTNOTES:
THE MAN OF ONE BOOK.
A BIBLIOGNOSTE.
FOOTNOTES:
SECRET HISTORY OF AN ELECTIVE MONARCHY.
A POLITICAL SKETCH.
FOOTNOTES:
BUILDINGS IN THE METROPOLIS, AND RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY.
AN ODE,
BY SIR RICHARD FANSHAW,
FOOTNOTES:
ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS.
FOOTNOTES:
TRUE SOURCES OF SECRET HISTORY.
FOOTNOTES:
LITERARY RESIDENCES.
FOOTNOTES:
WHETHER ALLOWABLE TO RUIN ONESELF?
FOOTNOTES:
DISCOVERIES OF SECLUDED MEN.
FOOTNOTES:
SENTIMENTAL BIOGRAPHY.
FOOTNOTES:
LITERARY PARALLELS.
FOOTNOTE:
THE PEARL BIBLES AND SIX THOUSAND ERRATA.
FOOTNOTES:
VIEW OF A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF THE STATE OF RELIGION IN OUR CIVIL WARS.
I give an extract from the manuscript diary:--
FOOTNOTES:
BUCKINGHAM'S POLITICAL COQUETRY WITH THE PURITANS.
FOOTNOTE:
SIR EDWARD COKE'S EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE HIGH SHERIFF'S OATH.
FOOTNOTE:
SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST AND HIS FIRST PARLIAMENTS.
Eliot eloquently closes--
FOOTNOTES:
482 THE RUMP.
FOOTNOTES:
LIFE AND HABITS OF A LITERARY ANTIQUARY.--OLDYS AND HIS MANUSCRIPTS.
We may observe the manner of his anxious inquiries about _Spenser_:--
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INDEX.
THE END.
In page 45: "Y l pedir dolor." amended to "Y el pedir dolor."