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On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 1 (22:29) On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 2 (24:17) On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli, part 3 (29:22) Preface (8:55) Libraries (25:27) The Bibliomania (10:05) Literary Journals (16:30) Recovery of Manuscripts (22:39) Sketches of Criticism (10:24) The Persecuted Learned (6:50) Poverty of the Learned (15:19) Imprisonment of the Learned (7:32) Amusements of the Learned (9:40) Portraits of Authors (11:33) Destruction of Books (35:02) Some Notices of Lost Works (6:40) Quodlibets, or Scholastic Disquisitions (15:42) Fame Contemned (1:37) The Six Follies of Science (3:47) Imitators (6:57) Cicero's Puns (5:23) Prefaces (5:53) Early Printing (17:18) Errata (11:52) Patrons (6:31) Poets, Philosophers, and Artists, Made by Accident (8:56) Inequalities of Genius (2:36) Geographical Style (3:27) Legends (11:24) The Port-Royal Society (10:14) The Progress of Old Age in New Studies (7:12) Spanish Poetry (5:54) Saint Evremont (3:18) Men of Genius Deficient in Conversation (5:03) Vida (1:58) The Scuderies (10:35) De La Rochefoucault (2:33) Prior's Hans Carvel (3:03) The Student in the Metropolis (3:59) The Talmud (20:01) Rabbinical Stories (17:17) On the Custom of Saluting after Sneezing (5:41) Bonaventure de Periers (3:27) Grotius (4:05) Noblemen Turned Critics (3:12) Literary Impostures (24:34) Cardinal Richelieu (8:13) Aristotle and Plato (8:20) Abelard and Eloisa (9:55) Physiognomy (8:12) Characters Described by Musical Notes (3:48) Milton (7:52) Origin of Newspapers (16:21) Trials and Proofs of Guilt in Superstitious Ages (16:25) The Inquisition (13:08) Singularities Observed by Various Nations in Their Repasts (7:25) Monarchs (6:08) Of the Titles of Illustrious, Highness, and Excellence (6:18) Titles of Sovereigns (3:48) Royal Divinities (4:10) Dethroned Monarchs (8:07) Feudal Customs (9:10) Gaming (10:34) The Arabic Chronicle (3:39) Metempsychosis (6:37) Spanish Etiquette (4:49) The Goths and the Huns (1:44) Vicars of Bray (2:04) Douglas (2:50) Critical History of Poverty (12:01) Solomon and Sheba (2:54) Hell (8:39) The Absent Man and Wax-Work (7:01) Pasquin and Marforio (8:49) Female Beauty and Ornaments (5:31) Modern Platonism (10:24) Anecdotes of Fashion (44:16) A Senate of Jesuits (5:23) The Lover's Heart (5:47) The History of Gloves (11:46) Relics of Saints (12:20) Perpetual Lamps of the Ancients (3:23) Natural Productions Resembling Artificial Compositions (7:10) The Poetical Garland of Julia (5:22) Tragic Actors (9:12) Jocular Preachers (9:10) Masterly Imitators (10:38) Edward the Fourth (5:19) Elizabeth (10:30) The Chinese Language (5:37) Medical Music (18:45) Minute Writing (5:07) Numerical Figures (6:07) English Astrologers (14:36) Alchymy (14:48) Titles of Books (15:13) Literary Follies (43:53) Literary Controversy (36:14) Literary Blunders (21:23) A Literary Wife (26:57) Dedications (11:53) Philosophical Descriptive Poems (6:09) Pamphlets (13:27) Little Books (5:51) A Catholic's Refutation (2:30) The Good Advice of an Old Literary Sinner (4:57) Mysteries, Moralities, Farces, and Sotties (24:52) Love and Folly, an Ancient Morality (5:07) Religious Nouvellettes (16:09) 'Critical Sagacity' and 'Happy Conjecture', Or, Bentley's Milton (8:07) A Jansenist Dictionary (7:00) Manuscripts and Books (5:46) The Turkish Spy (6:35) Spenser, Jonson, and Shakespeare (5:05) Ben Jonson, Feltham, and Randolph (12:15) Ariosto and Tasso (15:26) Bayle (6:53) Cervantes (2:26) Magliabechi (7:16) Abridgers (7:31) Professors of Plagiarism and Obscurity (8:11) Literary Dutch (7:29) The Productions of the Mind not Seizable by Creditors (3:02) Critics (5:28) Anecdotes of Censured Authors (9:40) Virginity (3:44) A Glance into the French Academy (11:16) Poetical and Grammatical Deaths (11:01) Scarron (14:58) Peter Corneille (12:15) Poets (29:45) Romances (27:03) The Astrea (8:16) Poets Laureat (7:17) Angelo Politian (8:39) Original Letter of Queen Elizabeth (4:07) Anne Bullen (3:12) James the First (13:37) General Monk and his Wife (2:45) Philip and Mary (5:47)
