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The Biggest Curiosities of Literature
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VOLUME 1
Table of Contents
ADVERTISEMENT
ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MR. DISRAELI
PREFACE
LIBRARIES
THE BIBLIOMANIA
LITERARY JOURNALS
RECOVERY OF MANUSCRIPTS
SKETCHES OF CRITICISM
THE PERSECUTED LEARNED
POVERTY OF THE LEARNED
IMPRISONMENT OF THE LEARNED
AMUSEMENTS OF THE LEARNED
PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS
DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS
SOME NOTICES OF LOST WORKS
QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS
FAME CONTEMNED
THE SIX FOLLIES OF SCIENCE
IMITATORS
CICERO'S PUNS
PREFACES
EARLY PRINTING
ERRATA
PATRONS
POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND ARTISTS, MADE BY ACCIDENT
INEQUALITIES OF GENIUS
GEOGRAPHICAL STYLE
LEGENDS
THE PORT-ROYAL SOCIETY
THE PROGRESS OF OLD AGE IN NEW STUDIES
SPANISH POETRY
SAINT EVREMOND
MEN OF GENIUS DEFICIENT IN CONVERSATION
VIDA
THE SCUDERIES
DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT
PRIOR'S HANS CARVEL
THE STUDENT IN THE METROPOLIS
THE TALMUD
RABBINICAL STORIES
ON THE CUSTOM OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING
BONAVENTURE DE PERIERS
GROTIUS
NOBLEMEN TURNED CRITICS
LITERARY IMPOSTURES
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
ARISTOTLE AND PLATO
ABELARD AND ELOISA
PHYSIOGNOMY
CHARACTERS DESCRIBED BY MUSICAL NOTES
MILTON
ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS
TRIALS AND PROOFS OF GUILT IN SUPERSTITIOUS AGES
THE INQUISITION
SINGULARITIES OBSERVED BY VARIOUS NATIONS IN THEIR REPASTS
MONARCHS
OF THE TITLES OF ILLUSTRIOUS, HIGHNESS, AND EXCELLENCE
TITLES OF SOVEREIGNS
ROYAL DIVINITIES
DETHRONED MONARCHS
FEUDAL CUSTOMS
GAMING
THE ARABIC CHRONICLE
METEMPSYCHOSIS
SPANISH ETIQUETTE
THE GOTHS AND HUNS
VICARS OF BRAY
DOUGLAS
CRITICAL HISTORY OF POVERTY
SOLOMON AND SHEBA
HELL
THE ABSENT MAN
WAX-WORK
PASQUIN AND MARFORIO
FEMALE BEAUTY AND ORNAMENTS
MODERN PLATONISM
ANECDOTES OF FASHION
STANZAS
A SENATE OF JESUITS
THE LOVER'S HEART
THE HISTORY OF GLOVES
RELICS OF SAINTS
PERPETUAL LAMPS OF THE ANCIENTS
NATURAL PRODUCTIONS RESEMBLING ARTIFICIAL COMPOSITIONS
THE POETICAL GARLAND OF JULIA
TRAGIC ACTORS
JOCULAR PREACHERS
MASTERLY IMITATORS
EDWARD THE FOURTH
ELIZABETH
THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
MEDICAL MUSIC
MINUTE WRITING
NUMERICAL FIGURES
ENGLISH ASTROLOGERS
ALCHYMY
TITLES OF BOOKS
LITERARY FOLLIES
LITERARY CONTROVERSY
LITERARY BLUNDERS
A LITERARY WIFE
DEDICATIONS
PHILOSOPHICAL DESCRIPTIVE POEMS
PAMPHLETS
LITTLE BOOKS
A CATHOLIC'S REFUTATION
THE GOOD ADVICE OF AN OLD LITERARY SINNER
MYSTERIES, MORALITIES, FARCES, AND SOTTIES
LOVE AND FOLLY, AN ANCIENT MORALITY
RELIGIOUS NOUVELLETTES
"CRITICAL SAGACITY," AND "HAPPY CONJECTURE;" OR, BENTLEY'S MILTON
A JANSENIST DICTIONARY
MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOKS
THE TURKISH SPY
SPENSER, JONSON, AND SHAKSPEARE
BEN JONSON, FELTHAM, AND RANDOLPH
AN ANSWER TO MR. BEN JONSON'S ODE, TO PERSUADE HIM NOT TO LEAVE THE STAGE
ARIOSTO AND TASSO
BAYLE
CERVANTES
MAGLIABECHI
ABRIDGERS
PROFESSORS OF PLAGIARISM AND OBSCURITY
LITERARY DUTCH
THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MIND NOT SEIZABLE BY CREDITORS
CRITICS
ANECDOTES OF CENSURED AUTHORS
VIRGINITY
A GLANCE INTO THE FRENCH ACADEMY
POETICAL AND GRAMMATICAL DEATHS
SCARRON
PETER CORNEILLE
POETS
ROMANCES
THE ASTREA
POETS LAUREAT
ANGELO POLITIAN
ORIGINAL LETTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
LETTER
ANNE BULLEN
JAMES THE FIRST
GENERAL MONK AND HIS WIFE
PHILIP AND MARY
FOOTNOTES:
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CHARLES THE FIRST
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
THE DEATH OF CHARLES IX
ROYAL PROMOTIONS
NOBILITY
MODES OF SALUTATION, AND AMICABLE CEREMONIES, OBSERVED IN VARIOUS NATIONS
FIRE, AND THE ORIGIN OF FIREWORKS
THE BIBLE PROHIBITED AND IMPROVED
ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING
ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS
THE EARLY DRAMA
THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS
A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN
SOLITUDE
LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS
ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND
SONNET FROM METASTASIO
SONNET—IMITATED
RICHARDSON
INFLUENCE OF A NAME
THE JEWS OF YORK
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS
ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS
POPES
LITERARY COMPOSITION
POETICAL IMITATIONS AND SIMILARITIES
EXPLANATION OF THE FAC-SIMILE
LITERARY FASHIONS
THE PANTOMIMICAL CHARACTERS
EXTEMPORAL COMEDIES
MASSINGER, MILTON, AND THE ITALIAN THEATRE
SONGS OF TRADES, OR SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE
INTRODUCERS OF EXOTIC FLOWERS, FRUITS, ETC
USURERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
CHIDIOCK TITCHBOURNE
ELIZABETH AND HER PARLIAMENT
ANECDOTES OF PRINCE HENRY, THE SON OF JAMES I., WHEN A CHILD
THE DIARY OF A MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES
DIARIES—MORAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL
LICENSERS OF THE PRESS
OF ANAGRAMS AND ECHO VERSES
THE ECHO
ORTHOGRAPHY OF PROPER NAMES
NAMES OF OUR STREETS
SECRET HISTORY OF EDWARD VERE, EARL OF OXFORD
ANCIENT COOKERY, AND COOKS
ANCIENT AND MODERN SATURNALIA
RELIQUIÆ GETHINIANÆ
A POEM IN PRAISE OF THE AUTHOR
ROBINSON CRUSOE
CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT DRAMAS
THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE DURING ITS SUPPRESSION
DRINKING-CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND
LITERARY ANECDOTES
CONDEMNED POETS
ACAJOU AND ZIRPHILE
TOM O' BEDLAMS
INTRODUCTION OF TEA, COFFEE, AND CHOCOLATE
CHARLES THE FIRST'S LOVE OF THE FINE ARTS
SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND HIS QUEEN HENRIETTA
THE MINISTER—THE CARDINAL DUKE OF RICHELIEU
THE MINISTER—DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, LORD ADMIRAL, LORD GENERAL, &c. &c. &c
FELTON, THE POLITICAL ASSASSIN
JOHNSON'S HINTS FOR THE LIFE OF POPE
MODERN LITERATURE—BAYLE'S CRITICAL DICTIONARY
CHARACTERISTICS OF BAYLE
CICERO VIEWED AS A COLLECTOR
THE HISTORY OF THE CARACCI
AN ENGLISH ACADEMY OF LITERATURE.274
QUOTATION
THE ORIGIN OF DANTE'S INFERNO
OF A HISTORY OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE NOT HAPPENED
OF FALSE POLITICAL REPORTS
OF SUPPRESSORS AND DILAPIDATORS OF MANUSCRIPTS
PARODIES
ANECDOTES OF THE FAIRFAX FAMILY
MEDICINE AND MORALS
PSALM-SINGING
ON THE RIDICULOUS TITLES ASSUMED BY ITALIAN ACADEMIES
ON THE HERO OF HUDIBRAS; BUTLER VINDICATED
SHENSTONE'S SCHOOL-MISTRESS
BEN JONSON ON TRANSLATION
THE LOVES OF "THE LADY ARABELLA."322
DOMESTIC HISTORY OF SIR EDWARD COKE
OF COKE'S STYLE, AND HIS CONDUCT
SECRET HISTORY OF AUTHORS WHO HAVE RUINED THEIR BOOKSELLERS
FOOTNOTES:
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LOCAL DESCRIPTIONS
MASQUES
OF DES MAIZEAUX, AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF. ANTHONY COLLINS’S MANUSCRIPTS
HISTORY OF NEW WORDS
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROVERBS
CONFUSION OF WORDS
POLITICAL NICKNAMES
THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF A POET.—SHENSTONE VINDICATED
SECRET HISTORY OF THE BUILDING OF BLENHEIM
SECRET HISTORY OF SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH.66
AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE LAST HOURS OF. SIR WALTER RAWLEIGH
LITERARY UNIONS
SECRET HISTORY OF RAWLEIGH’S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND VASARI’S LIVES
OF A BIOGRAPHY PAINTED
CAUSE AND PRETEXT
POLITICAL FORGERIES AND FICTIONS
EXPRESSION OF SUPPRESSED OPINION
AUTOGRAPHS.105
THE HISTORY OF WRITING-MASTERS
THE ITALIAN HISTORIANS
OF PALACES BUILT BY MINISTERS
“TAXATION NO TYRANNY!”
THE BOOK OF DEATH
HISTORY OF THE SKELETON OF DEATH
THE RIVAL BIOGRAPHERS OF HEYLIN
OF LENGLET DU FRESNOY
THE DICTIONARY OF TREVOUX
QUADRIO’S ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH POETRY
“POLITICAL RELIGIONISM.”
TOLERATION
APOLOGY FOR THE PARISIAN MASSACRE
PREDICTION
DREAMS AT THE DAWN OF PHILOSOPHY
ON PUCK THE COMMENTATOR
LITERARY FORGERIES
OF LITERARY FILCHERS
OF LORD BACON AT HOME
SECRET HISTORY OF THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
JAMES THE FIRST AS A FATHER AND A HUSBAND
THE MAN OF ONE BOOK
A BIBLIOGNOSTE
SECRET HISTORY OF AN ELECTIVE MONARCHY
A POLITICAL SKETCH
BUILDINGS IN THE METROPOLIS, AND RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTRY
AN ODE, BY SIR RICHARD FANSHAW,
ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS
TRUE SOURCES OF SECRET HISTORY
LITERARY RESIDENCES
WHETHER ALLOWABLE TO RUIN ONESELF?
DISCOVERIES OF SECLUDED MEN
SENTIMENTAL BIOGRAPHY
LITERARY PARALLELS
THE PEARL BIBLES AND SIX THOUSAND ERRATA
VIEW OF A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF THE STATE OF. RELIGION IN OUR CIVIL WARS
BUCKINGHAM’S POLITICAL COQUETRY WITH THE PURITANS
SIR EDWARD COKE’S EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE HIGH SHERIFF’S OATH
SECRET HISTORY OF CHARLES THE FIRST AND HIS FIRST PARLIAMENTS
THE RUMP
LIFE AND HABITS OF A LITERARY ANTIQUARY.—OLDYS AND HIS MANUSCRIPTS
Isaac Disraeli
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