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"On running after one’s hat" by G. K. Chesterton
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On running after one’s hat. For instance, there is a current impression that it is unpleasant to have to run after one’s hat. Why should it be unpleasant to the well-ordered and pious mind? Chesterton, G. K. “On running after one’s hat.” 1908. Ed Patrick Madden. 1 Dec 2007. 19 Aug 2016 http:/ essays.quotidiana.org/chesterton/running after ones hat/ . Patrick Madden's New Book. Join Us on Facebook. Addison, Joseph (1672-1719). Bacon, Francis (1561-1626). Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (1743-1825). Hazlitt, Willi...
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William Hazlitt | Quotidiana
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The Morning Chronicle,. The Edinburgh Review,. Hazlitt produced several extremely popular collections of essays. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays. Came out in 1817, and. The Spirit of the Age. Was published in 1825. On the Pleasure of Hating. Essays by William Hazlitt. On actors and acting. The stage not only refines the manners, but it is the best teacher of morals, for it is the truest and most intelligible picture of life. On depth and superficiality. Elia and Geoffrey Crayon. On the fear of death.
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"Of the inconstancy of our actions" by Michel de Montaigne
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Of the inconstancy of our actions. Malum consilium est, quod mutari non potest. 8216;Tis evil counsel that will admit no change. —Pub. Mim.,. Ex Aul. Gell. Quod petiit, spernit; repetit, quod nuper omisit; AEstuat, et vitae disconvenit ordine toto. That which he sought he despises; what he lately lost, he seeks again. He fluctuates, and is inconsistent in the whole order of life. —Horace,. I I, 98.]. Ducimur, ut nervis alienis mobile lignum. Ii 7, 82.]. Frag Poet, lib. Ii 2, 1, 2.]. Quantumvis rusticus, ...
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"Of studies" by Francis Bacon
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Abeunt studia in mores. 8220;practices zealously pursued pass into habits.”—Merriam-Webster definition]. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers’ cases. So every defect of the mind, may have a special receipt. Bacon, Francis. “Of studies.” 1601. Ed Patrick Madden. 18 Jan 2007. 20 Aug 2016 http:/ essays.quotidiana.org/bacon/studies/ . Patrick Madden's New Book. Join Us on Facebook. Addison, Joseph (1672-1719). Harrison, Jan...
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Thomas Browne | Quotidiana
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Essays by Thomas Browne. United souls are not satisfied with embraces, but desire to be truly each other. In expectation of a better, I can with patience embrace this life; yet, in my best meditations, do often defy death. Of God in nature. There are two books from whence I collect my divinity. Besides that written one of God, another of his servant, nature. There is surely a piece of divinity in us; something that was before the elements. Patrick Madden's New Book. Join Us on Facebook. Gilman, Charlotte...
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Charles Colton | Quotidiana
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Many Things in Few Words. Is a scathing analysis of political, religious, and social leaders. Among his favorite subjects were Napoleon, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Cromwell, and Nero. He also grossly criticized the entire classes of politicians, lawyers, doctors, and priests. His other works include. Lacon vol. II. Essays by Charles Colton. With one solitary exception, all warfare is built upon hypocrisy, acting upon ignorance. Patrick Madden's New Book. Join Us on Facebook. Addison, Joseph (1672-1719).
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W. N. P. Barbellion | Quotidiana
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W N P Barbellion. The Journal of a Disappointed Man. Was published just a few months before his death in October 1919, and was followed by two subsequent publications,. Enjoying Life and Other Literary Remains. 1919), and,. A Last Diary,. Compiled by Joey Franklin). Mulitple Sclerosis Society of Ireland Cummings tribute. Essays by W. N. P. Barbellion. I don't believe we really love each other, but we cling to each other out of ennui. Supposing I lost them! I cannot imagine the anguish it would cause me.
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Susan Fenimore Cooper | Quotidiana
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Susan Fenimore Cooper is remembered as America’s first female nature writer. Raised in Cooperstown, New York, once wild and uncharted territory, Cooper wrote essays that are littered with botanical insight and early observations of America’s natural history. Cooper’s father, James Fenimore Cooper (author of. The Last of the Mohicans. 1846), which she wrote under the pseudonym, Amabel Penfeather. Cooper’s most successful work however, is a nonfiction collection titled,. The Freeman’s Journal. Cooper also ...
