Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Coleridge Samuel Taylor. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
PREFACE
TABLE TALK
December 29, 1822
January 1. 1823
January 3. 1823
January 4. 1828
January 6. 1823
April 27. 1823
April 28. 1823
April 29. 1823
April 30. 1823
May 1. 1823
May 8. 1824
June 2. 1824
June 5. 1824
June 7. 1824
June 10. 1824
February 24. 1827
March 10. 1827
March 12. 1827
March 13. 1827
March 18. 1827
June 15. 1827
June 24. 1827
July 8. 1827
July 9. 1827
July 12. 1827
July 20. 1827
July 21. 1827
July 23. 1827
August 29. 1827
August 30. 1827
April 13. 1830
April 14, 1830
April 17. 1830
April 18. 1830
April 19. 1830
April 30. 1830
May 1. 1830
May 2. 1830
May 3. 1830
May 4. 1830
May 5. 1830
May 7, 1830
May 8. 1830
May 9. 1830
May 11. 1830
May 12. 1830
May 14. 1830
May 15. 1830
May 16. 1830
May 17. 1830
May 18. 1830
May 20. 1830
May 21. 1830
May 23. 1830
May 25. 1830
May 27. 1830
May 28. 1830
May 29. 1830
May 30. 1830
May 31. 1830
June 1. 1830
June 4. 1830
June 6. 1830
June 7. 1830
June 10. 1830
June 14. 1830
June 15. 1830
June 25. 1830
June 26. 1830
July 2. 1830
July 4. 1830
July 6, 1830
July 8. 1830
July 24. 1830
July 27. 1830
July 28. 1830
July 29. 1830
August 20. 1830
September 8. 1830
September 19. 1830
September 20. 1830
September 21. 1830
September 22. 1830
September 23. 1830
September 24. 1830
September 26. 1830
September 27. 1830
September 28. 1830
October 5. 1830
October 8. 1830
October 20. 1830
November 21. 1830
March 20. 1831
June 25. 1831
June 26. 1831
July 7. 1831
July 24. 1831
July 25. 1831
July 30. 1831
August 1. 1831
August 6. 1831
August 8. 1831
August 8. 1831
August 14. 1831
August 15. 1831
August 20. 1831
August 22. 1831
August 24. 1831
September 11. 1831
September 12. 1831
October 26. 1831
October 27. 1831
November 19. 1831
November 20. 1831
December 3. 1831
December 17. 1831
December 18. 1831
December 27. 1831
December 28. 1831
January 1. 1832
January 28. 1832
February 22. 1832
February 24. 1832
March 3. 1832
March 17. 1832
March 18. 1832
March 20. 1832
March 31. 1832
April 4. 1832
April 5. 1832
April 1. 1832
April 10. 1832
April 21. 1832
April 23. 1832
April 24. 1832
April 28. 1832
April 29. 1832
April 30. 1832
May 1. 1832
May 2. 1832
May 3. 1832
May 21. 1832
May 25. 1832
June 9. 1832
June 10. 1832
July 7. 1832
July 8. 1832
July 9. 1832
July 13. 1832
July 20. 1832
July 21. 1832
July 23. 1832
July 24. 1832
July 25. 1832
July 28. 1832
August 4. 1832
August 6. 1832
August 7. 1832
August 9. 1832
August 11. 1832
August 14. 1832
August 16. 1832
August 28. 1832
August 19. 1832
September 1. 1832
January 2. 1833
January 3. 1833
January 4. 1833
January 7, 1833
January 20. 1833
February 5. 1833
February 16. 1833
February 17. 1833
February 20. 1833
March 9. 1833
March 12. 1833
March 14. 1833
March 17. 1833
March 31. 1833
April 5. 1833
April 7. 1833
April 8. 1833
April 9. 1833
April 10. 1833
April 11. 1833
April 14. 1833
April 18. 1833
April 20. 1833
April 24. 1833
May 1. 1833
May 4. 1833
May 6. 1833
May 8. 1833
May 10. 1833
May 13. 1833
May 14. 1833
May 15. 1833
May 17. 1833
May 18. 1833
June 8. 1833
June 15. 1833
June 17. 1833
June 22. 1833
June 29. 1833
July 1. 1833
July 3. 1833
July 4. 1833
July 6. 1833
July 8. 1833
August 4, 1833
August 10. 1833
August 14. 1833
August 15. 1833
August 16. 1833
August 17. 1833
August 18. 1833
August 20. 1833
August 23. 1833
August 24. 1833
August 25. 1833
August 28. 1833
August 30. 1833
September 2. 1833
September 4. 1833
October 15. 1833
October 23. 1833
November 1. 1833
November 9. 1833
December 21. 1833
January 1. 1834
January 3. 1834
January 12. 1834
January 20. 1834
February 22. 1834
March 1. 1834
March 5. 1834
March 15. 1834
March 20. 1834
April 16. 1834
May 1. 1834
May 3. 1834
May 19. 1834
May 25. 1834
May 31. 1834
June 2. 1834
June 14. 1834
June 20. 1834
June 21. 1834
June 23. 1834
June 28. 1834
July 5. 1834
July 10. 1834
Отрывок из книги
It is nearly fifteen years since I was, for the first time, enabled to become a frequent and attentive visitor in Mr. Coleridge's domestic society. His exhibition of intellectual power in living discourse struck me at once as unique and transcendant; and upon my return home, on the very first evening which I spent with him after my boyhood, I committed to writing, as well as I could, the principal topics of his conversation in his own words. I had no settled design at that time of continuing the work, but simply made the note in something like a spirit of vexation that such a strain of music as I had just heard, should not last forever. What I did once, I was easily induced by the same feeling to do again; and when, after many years of affectionate communion between us, the painful existence of my revered relative on earth was at length finished in peace, my occasional notes of what he had said in my presence had grown to a mass, of which this volume contains only such parts as seem fit for present publication. I know, better than any one can tell me, how inadequately these specimens represent the peculiar splendour and individuality of Mr. Coleridge's conversation. How should it be otherwise? Who could always follow to the turning-point his long arrow-flights of thought? Who could fix those ejaculations of light, those tones of a prophet, which at times have made me bend before him as before an inspired man? Such acts of spirit as these were too subtle to be fettered down on paper; they live—if they can live any where—in the memories alone of those who witnessed them. Yet I would fain hope that these pages will prove that all is not lost;—that something of the wisdom, the learning, and the eloquence of a great man's social converse has been snatched from forgetfulness, and endowed with a permanent shape for general use. And although, in the judgment of many persons, I may incur a serious responsibility by this publication; I am, upon the whole, willing to abide the result, in confidence that the fame of the loved and lamented speaker will lose nothing hereby, and that the cause of Truth and of Goodness will be every way a gainer. This sprig, though slight and immature, may yet become its place, in the Poet's wreath of honour, among flowers of graver hue.
If the favour shown to several modern instances of works nominally of the same description as the present were alone to be considered, it might seem that the old maxim, that nothing ought to be said of the dead but what is good, is in a fair way of being dilated into an understanding that every thing is good that has been said by the dead. The following pages do not, I trust, stand in need of so much indulgence. Their contents may not, in every particular passage, be of great intrinsic importance; but they can hardly be without some, and, I hope, a worthy, interest, as coming from the lips of one at least of the most extraordinary men of the age; whilst to the best of my knowledge and intention, no living person's name is introduced, whether for praise or for blame, except on literary or political grounds of common notoriety. Upon the justice of the remarks here published, it would be out of place in me to say any thing; and a commentary of that kind is the less needed, as, in almost every instance, the principles upon which the speaker founded his observations are expressly stated, and may be satisfactorily examined by themselves. But, for the purpose of general elucidation, it seemed not improper to add a few notes, and to make some quotations from Mr. Coleridge's own works; and in doing so, I was in addition actuated by an earnest wish to call the attention of reflecting minds in general to the views of political, moral, and religious philosophy contained in those works, which, through an extensive, but now decreasing, prejudice, have hitherto been deprived of that acceptance with the public which their great preponderating merits deserve, and will, as I believe, finally obtain. And I can truly say, that if, in the course of the perusal of this little work, any one of its readers shall gain a clearer insight into the deep and pregnant principles, in the light of which Mr. Coleridge was accustomed to regard God and the World,—I shall look upon the publication as fortunate, and consider myself abundantly rewarded for whatever trouble it has cost me.
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Scanderbeg would be a very fine subject for Walter Scott; and so would Thomas à Becket, if it is not rather too much for him. It involves in essence the conflict between arms, or force, and the men of letters.
Observe the superior truth of language, in Greek, to Theocritus inclusively; in Latin, to the Augustan age exclusively; in Italian, to Tasso exclusively; and in English, to Taylor and Barrow inclusively.
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