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Read Ebook: Curiosities of Literature Vol. 1 by Disraeli Isaac Disraeli Benjamin Earl Of Beaconsfield Editor
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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
DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS 47
SOME NOTIONS OF LOST WORKS 58
QUODLIBETS, OR SCHOLASTIC DISQUISITIONS 60
FAME CONTEMNED 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
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