Curiosities of
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共 428 题- CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
- BY
- ISAAC DISRAELI.
- EDITED, WITH MEMOIR AND NOTES,
- BY HIS SON,
- THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD.
- IN THREE VOLUMES.
- VOL. I.
- LONDON:
- FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.,
- BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.
- LONDON:
- BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- LONDON, 1881.
- ON THE
- LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MR. DISRAELI.
- BY HIS SON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
- BY
- I. DISRAELI.
- TO
- FRANCIS DOUCE, ESQ.
- THESE VOLUMES OF SOME LITERARY RESEARCHES
- ARE INSCRIBED;
- AS A SLIGHT MEMORIAL OF FRIENDSHIP
- AND
- A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- TO
- A LOVER OF LITERATURE.
- PREFACE.
- BRADENHAM HOUSE,
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
- LIBRARIES 1
- THE BIBLIOMANIA 9
- LITERARY JOURNALS 12
- RECOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS 17
- SKETCHES OF CRITICISM 24
- THE PERSECUTED LEARNED 27
- POVERTY OF THE LEARNED 29
- IMPRISONMENT OF THE LEARNED 35
- AMUSEMENTS OF THE LEARNED 38
- PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS 42
- DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS 47
- SOME NOTIONS OF LOST WORKS 58
- QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS 60
- FAME CONTEMNED 66
- THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE 66
- IMITATORS 67
- CICERO'S PUNS 69
- PREFACES 71
- EARLY PRINTING 73
- ERRATA 78
- PATRONS 82
- POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT 85
- INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS 88
- GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE 88
- LEGENDS 89
- THE PORT-ROYAL SOCIETY 94
- THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES 98
- SPANISH POETRY 100
- SAINT EVREMOND 102
- MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION 103
- VIDA 105
- THE SCUDERIES 105
- DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT 110
- PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL 111
- THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS 112
- THE TALMUD 113
- RABBINICAL STORIES 120
- ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING 126
- BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS 128
- GROTIUS 129
- NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS 131
- LITERARY IMPOSTURES 132
- CARDINAL RICHELIEU 139
- ARISTOTLE AND PLATO 142
- ABELARD AND ELOISA 145
- PHYSIOGNOMY 148
- CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES 150
- MILTON 152
- ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS 155
- TRIALS AND PROOFS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES 161
- INQUISITION 166
- SINGULARITIES OBSERVED BY VARIOUS NATIONS IN THEIR REPASTS 170
- MONARCHS 173
- OF THE TITLES OF ILLUSTRIOUS, HIGHNESS, AND EXCELLENCE 175
- TITLES OF SOVEREIGNS 178
- ROYAL DIVINITIES 179
- DETHRONED MONARCHS 181
- FEUDAL CUSTOMS 183
- GAMING 187
- THE ARABIC CHRONICLE 191
- METEMPSYCHOSIS 192
- SPANISH ETIQUETTE 194
- THE GOTHS AND HUNS 196
- VICARS OF BRAY 196
- DOUGLAS 197
- CRITICAL HISTORY OF POVERTY 198
- SOLOMON AND SHEBA 202
- HELL 203
- THE ABSENT MAN 206
- WAX-WORK 206
- PASQUIN AND MARFORIO 208
- FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS 211
- MODERN PLATONISM 213
- ANECDOTES OF FASHION 216
- A SENATE OF JESUITS 231
- THE LOVER'S HEART 233
- THE HISTORY OF GLOVES 235
- RELICS OF SAINTS 239
- PERPETUAL LAMPS OF THE ANCIENTS 243
- NATURAL PRODUCTIONS RESEMBLING ARTIFICIAL COMPOSITIONS 244
- THE POETICAL GARLAND OF JULIA 247
- TRAGIC ACTORS 248
- JOCULAR PREACHERS 251
- MASTERLY IMITATORS 258
- EDWARD THE FOURTH 261
- ELIZABETH 264
- THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 267
- MEDICAL MUSIC 269
- MINUTE WRITING 275
- NUMERICAL FIGURES 276
- ENGLISH ASTROLOGERS 278
- ALCHYMY 283
- TITLES OF BOOKS 288
- LITERARY FOLLIES 293
- LITERARY CONTROVERSY 308
- LITERARY BLUNDERS 320
- A LITERARY WIFE 327
- DEDICATIONS 337
- PHILOSOPHIC DESCRIPTIVE POEMS 341
- PAMPHLETS 343
- LITTLE BOOKS 347
- A CATHOLIC'S REFUTATION 349
- THE GOOD ADVICE OF AN OLD LITERARY SINNER 350
- MYSTERIES, MORALITIES, FARCES, AND SOTTIES 352
- LOVE AND FOLLY, AN ANCIENT MORALITY 362
- RELIGIOUS NOUVELLETTES 363
- A JANSENIST DICTIONARY 373
- MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS 375
- THE TURKISH SPY 377
- SPENSER, JONSON, AND SHAKSPEARE 379
- BEN JONSON, FELTHAM, AND RANDOLPH 381
- ARIOSTO AND TASSO 386
- BAYLE 391
- CERVANTES 394
- MAGLIABECHI 394
- ABRIDGERS 397
- PROFESSORS OF PLAGIARISM AND OBSCURITY 400
- LITERARY DUTCH 403
- THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MIND NOT SEIZABLE BY CREDITORS 405
- CRITICS 406
- ANECDOTES OF CENSURED AUTHORS 408
- VIRGINITY 412
- A GLANCE INTO THE FRENCH ACADEMY 413
- POETICAL AND GRAMMATICAL DEATHS 417
- SCARRON 421
- PETER CORNEILLE 428
- POETS 432
- ROMANCES 442
- THE ASTREA 451
- POETS LAUREAT 454
- ANGELO POLITIAN 456
- ORIGINAL LETTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 460
- ANNE BULLEN 461
- JAMES THE FIRST 462
- GENERAL MONK AND HIS WIFE 468
- PHILIP AND MARY 469
- CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
- LIBRARIES.
- IMITATED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE BIBLIOMANIA.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LITERARY JOURNALS.
- RECOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SKETCHES OF CRITICISM.
- THE PERSECUTED LEARNED.
- POVERTY OF THE LEARNED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- IMPRISONMENT OF THE LEARNED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- AMUSEMENTS OF THE LEARNED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SOME NOTICES OF LOST WORKS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- FAME CONTEMNED.
- THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE.
- IMITATORS.
- CICERO'S PUNS.
- PREFACES.
- EARLY PRINTING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ERRATA.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PATRONS.
- POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT.
- INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS.
- GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE.
- LEGENDS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE PORT-ROYAL SOCIETY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES.
- Malherbe declares the honours of genius were his, yet young--
- SPANISH POETRY.
- SAINT EVREMOND.
- MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION.
- VIDA.
- THE SCUDERIES.
- IMITATED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT.
- PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL.
- THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS.
- THE TALMUD.
- RABBINICAL STORIES.
- ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS.
- GROTIUS.
- NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS.
- LITERARY IMPOSTURES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CARDINAL RICHELIEU.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ARISTOTLE AND PLATO.
- ABELARD AND ELOISA.
- PHYSIOGNOMY.
- CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES.
- MILTON.
- ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TRIALS AND PROOFS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE INQUISITION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SINGULARITIES OBSERVED BY VARIOUS NATIONS IN THEIR REPASTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MONARCHS.
- OF THE TITLES OF ILLUSTRIOUS, HIGHNESS, AND EXCELLENCE.
- TITLES OF SOVEREIGNS.
- ROYAL DIVINITIES.
- DETHRONED MONARCHS
- FEUDAL CUSTOMS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- GAMING.
- Thus also Pope--
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ARABIC CHRONICLE.
- METEMPSYCHOSIS.
- SPANISH ETIQUETTE.
- THE GOTHS AND HUNS.
- VICARS OF BRAY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DOUGLAS.
- CRITICAL HISTORY OF POVERTY.
- SOLOMON AND SHEBA.
- HELL.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ABSENT MAN.
- WAX-WORK.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PASQUIN AND MARFORIO.
- On Lucretia:--
- Leo X. was a frequent butt for the arrows of Pasquin:--
- The following, on Paul III., are singular conceptions:--
- Another is sarcastic--
- FOOTNOTES:
- FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MODERN PLATONISM.
- ANECDOTES OF FASHION.
- STANZAS
- FOOTNOTES:
- A SENATE OF JESUITS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE LOVER'S HEART.
- THE HISTORY OF GLOVES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- RELICS OF SAINTS.
- PERPETUAL LAMPS OF THE ANCIENTS.
- NATURAL PRODUCTIONS RESEMBLING ARTIFICIAL COMPOSITIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE POETICAL GARLAND OF JULIA.
- THE VIOLET.
- TRAGIC ACTORS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- JOCULAR PREACHERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MASTERLY IMITATORS.
- EDWARD THE FOURTH.
- ELIZABETH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
- MEDICAL MUSIC.
- MINUTE WRITING.
- NUMERICAL FIGURES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ENGLISH ASTROLOGERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ALCHYMY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- TITLES OF BOOKS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LITERARY FOLLIES.
- He afterwards adds others of the illegitimate race of wit:--
- Pour nous plaire, un pl_umet_
- Mais on trouve sou_vent_
- On y voit des Com_mis_
- Après être ve_nus_
- AMPHIGOURIE.
- IMITATED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LITERARY CONTROVERSY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LITERARY BLUNDERS.
- S. VIAR.
- PRÆFECTUS VIARUM.
- Maximo VI Consule
- FORTVNA AVG.
- ORIVNA AVG.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A LITERARY WIFE.
- CHAUCER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DEDICATIONS.
- PATRON.
- POET.
- I beg your pardon, Sir, for that.
- PATRON.
- PHILOSOPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE POEMS.
- PAMPHLETS.
- LITTLE BOOKS.
- A CATHOLIC'S REFUTATION.
- THE GOOD ADVICE OF AN OLD LITERARY SINNER.
- MYSTERIES, MORALITIES, FARCES, AND SOTTIES.
- PARTHEMIA.
- LONGINUS.
- DOMITIAN.
- PESART.
- TORNEAU.
- I dare venture to say he won't complain of being frozen.
- PATROCLUS.
- FRITA.
- LOVE AND FOLLY, AN ANCIENT MORALITY.
- RELIGIOUS NOUVELLETTES.
- HUMBLY INTIMATED.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Milton writes, book i. v. 63--
- Perhaps borrowed from Spenser:--
- DISTANCE WHICH TO EXPRESS ALL MEASURE FAILS.
- Bentley _corrects_--
- ADAM, TO RUMINATE ON PAST DISCOURSE.
- And then our erudite critic reasons! as thus:--
- The following epigram appeared on this occasion:--
- ON MILTON'S EXECUTIONER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A JANSENIST DICTIONARY.
- MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS.
- THE TURKISH SPY.
- SPENSER, JONSON, AND SHAKSPEARE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- BEN JONSON, FELTHAM, AND RANDOLPH.
- He printed the title in the following manner:--
- AN ANSWER TO THE ODE, COME LEAVE THE LOATHED STAGE, &C.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ARIOSTO AND TASSO.
- BAYLE.
- CERVANTES.
- MAGLIABECHI.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ABRIDGERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PROFESSORS OF PLAGIARISM AND OBSCURITY.
- LITERARY DUTCH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MIND NOT SEIZABLE BY CREDITORS.
- CRITICS.
- ANECDOTES OF CENSURED AUTHORS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VIRGINITY.
- A GLANCE INTO THE FRENCH ACADEMY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- POETICAL AND GRAMMATICAL DEATHS.
- Le sommeil du tombeau pressera ma paupière--
- FOOTNOTES:
- SCARRON.
- He pourtrays himself thus humorously in his address to the queen:--
- He describes himself--
- PETER CORNEILLE.
- POPE.
- I give his sentiments in English verse.
- POETS.
- POPE.
- ROMANCES.
- As a specimen I select two romantic adventures:--
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ASTREA.
- POETS LAUREAT.
- CANTO II.
- ANGELO POLITIAN.
- MY LORD,
- ORIGINAL LETTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
- LETTER.
- ANNE BULLEN.
- SHAKSPEARE.
- JAMES THE FIRST.
- Thus, in the full power of his faculties, a timorous prince
- FOOTNOTES:
- GENERAL MONK AND HIS WIFE.
- PHILIP AND MARY.
- END OF VOL. I.