The inequality of suffrage, 19 3–7. Partiality and malice in the judgment of friend and foe, 19 8-17. God is read in his creations, 19 18-27. Of Truth, 19 28-20 5. "No vice without his patronage," 20 6-33. Of wit, 20 34-21 15. A writer need not be everywhere witty. Straining after wit reprehended as an affectation of the age, 21 5–15. Of poets, 21 16--23 31. Preposterous nature of current opinion, 21 16-22 2; worthlessness of contemporary estimates of literature, 22 2-18. Poetry a cruel mistress, 22 19. Those poets have flourished who have made poetry a pastime, 22 20-29. The honest old servant must write and starve, 22 30. Vulgar love of bombast and bravado, 22 31–23 8. Jonson on Shakespeare, who is commended by the players for that wherein he most faulted, 23 9-16. Jonson's love of the man, and honor for his memory, 23 16-18. Shakespeare's nature, and the wealth of his genius, 23 18-31. Of the difference of "wits," 23 32-27 27. Diversity of mind quite as great as that of body, 23 32-24 10. The ostentatious and superficial, 24 21-24. Those that ape eccentricity and originality, 24 25-25 5. The effeminate and shallow, 25 6-14. The hasty plagiarist, 25 15–25. The mendacious coiner of authorities, 25 26-30. Those that conceal their study to gain credit for unusual natural gifts, 25 31-26 6. Those who presume on their own talents, and deride learning in others, 26 7-12. Ignorant imitators of these, 26 12–21. Ignorance may succeed where wisdom fears to advance, 26 23-34. "The true artificer " true to life, 26 34-27 2. He avoids extravagance, conceals his art, 27 2-8. Misjudged by his age, he is appreciated by posterity, 27 8-15. His qualities, 27 18–27. Of knowledge, 27 28-32 15. No disease of the soul but ignorance, 27 28-28 3. Reminiscence Of renowned orators, 29 20-30 21. Men of present spirit, 29 20-29. Necessity a spur to eloquence, 29 29-30. Diligence and study the greatest aid, 30 1-6. Dangers of a single model, 30 7–10. Bacon as a model of eloquence, 30 10-21. List of English writers, 30 22-31 12. Bacon the centre of the A wise statesman fosters education and learning, 31 12-27. Corruption of language an indication of corrupt manners, 32 4–15. Of the uncertainty of human affairs, 32 16-24. Of princes, 32 25–34 11. Nature of the vulgar, and their presumption in censuring their The prince to be loved next to God: his position as head of the Mercy should be his chief attribute, 33 17. The clemency of James I., 33 23-26. A prince should be wise rather than learned, 33 27-34 11. Of the malignity of the learned, 34 12-35 23. Misuse of learning, 34 12-24. Dignity of the poet above that of the philosopher, divine, or statesman, 34 24-35 3. Idle controversy and controversionalists, 35 4-17. Religious controversy disapproved, 35 18-23. Untimely boasting, 35 24-31. Of flattery, 35 32-36 21. No necessity can justify a man in becoming a parasite, 35 34. Human life a play, 36 22-37 4. In which most are imitators, and the good alone contemn the play of fortune. Of the characteristics of princes and those about them, 37 5-43 15. Classes of the nobility, 37 23-34. The unselfish servants of the prince. The selfish (1) Such as shun trouble. (2) Such as serve their own profit. The firmest right of kings, that of heredity, 37 35-38 1. Difference between him who is raised to sovereignty by the favor of his peers and by the power of the people, 38 1-19. The glory of clemency, 38 20-39 25. Religion the strength of empire, 39 26-30. Religion in the prince includes all other virtues, 39 30–32. A good king is a public servant, 40 28-29. The victim of ill-counsel and flattery, 40 30-41 11. Wars of aggrandizement disapproved, 41 30–33. Care in the administration of justice at home, 42 1–7. The honors of the virtuous are the honors of their time, 42 20-25. The well-born often heirs to their ancestors' vices, 42 26-33. Thieves of public money, 42 34-43 5. Not always safe from the justice of the prince, 43 6-15. Of the good, and the evil, 43 16-48 35. The good and evil contrasted, 43 16–24. The innocent need no defence, 43 24. Personal reminiscence, 43 25-44 23. Jonson accused to the king on insufficient grounds, 43 27-44 9; abused as a maker of verses, 44 10-12 his context misconstrued, 44 12-18; his poverty made a reproach, 44 19–23. Great wickedness not the product of poverty, 44 24-27. Poverty praised, 44 27-32. Money not true riches, which reside Unworthiness of the ostentation of wealth, 45 1-46 5. Folly of luxury in building and adornment, 46 29–47 11. Wickedness of those that delight in the vices of others, 47 26-48 3. Those who depend on appearances are short-lived in their pride, 48 28-35. Poetry and painting compared, 49 1–51 9. Their likeness to nature, 49 1-6. The pen nobler than the pencil, 49 6–8. Their common ends, nature above art in both, 49 9-14. Of painting, its nearness to nature and its divine origin, 49 15–21. Discoveries in painting, 49 30-33. Need of variety of style in both arts, 49 34-50 7. The advancement of painting, 50 8-51 9. Origin of art in poetry and geometry, 50 8-10. Symmetry, elegance, perspective, 50 10-20. Philosophy as affecting art, 50 20–27. Danger of departing from nature into the grotesque, 50 27-31. Original of plastic art in pottery, 50 31-34. Socrates a teacher of art, 50 34–51 1. Succession of ancient Greek painters, 51 2-5. Six famous artists of Italy named, 51 5–9. Of parasites, 51 10-52 26. The species defined, 51 10-17. Their servility in praise and dispraise, 51 17-26. Parasites mark the impotence of the great, 52 11-14. The fate of a parasite, 52 19–23. To praise all as great a vice as to blame all, 52 24-26. On style, 52 27-72 4. Address to "his lordship," 52 27-53 3. Education of the young, 53 3-54 18. Should be adapted to different natures, 53 4–12. Change, a recreation, 53 12–15. Gentle means as incentives to study, 53 15-21. Public preferable to a private education, 53 21–54 9. Judicious praise, 54 10-16. Disapproval of corporal punishment, 54 16-18. 1. Read the best authors. 2. Observe the best speakers. 3. Exercise in writing, 54 19-22. Involves a. What to write. b. The manner of it. c. Its arrangement, 54 22-28. Practice should be slow but incessant, 54 28-32. Revision should be frequent, 54 32-55 18. Dangers of ready writing, 55 18-23. Follow your natural bent, 55 23-27. Study of good models valuable : I. In exciting the mind and memory, 2. In exciting emulation, 3. As a means of quotation, 55 27–56 4. Various styles should be exercised, 56 4–8. Method of teaching, 56 9–59 8. Experiment more valuable than precept; precept preferable to reprehension, 56 9–17. Nature more availing than rules of art, 56 21-26. Natural defects in style, 56 27-57 7. Dependent on age, and not to be reprehended too severely in the young, 56 32–57 7. Early impressions the most lasting, 57 7–15. The clearest and simplest authors to be read first, 57 15–58 5. 18-30. Great authors to be read for their matter, 57 30-58 5. Nature no niggard in her endowments, 58 6-18. Labor necessary to all attainment, 58 18-23. Many things may be learned together, 58 23-59 8. Misuse of learning, 59 9–21. Elementarii senes, gabblers, pedants. Value of pure and plain language, 59 22–32. Speech the distinguishing trait of man and the instrument of society, 59 33-60 2. Words and sense the body and soul of language, 60 3–7. Of words, 60 7-62 21. Words should be chosen : 1. According to the speaker. 2. With reference to the subject, 60 7-16. Use and misuse of metaphors, 60 16–61 1. Dangers of coining new words, 61 1-8. Custom the mistress of language, 61 9–14. Use of archaic words, 61 14-31. Words of ornament should grow out of style, 61 31–62 6. Importance of accuracy, 62 6–11. Style should be such that nothing can be taken away without loss, 62 11-21. Varieties of style, 52 22–66 9. Enumerated as (1) the brief, (2) the concise, (3) the abrupt, (4) the congruent and harmonious, 62 22-30. Periods should not be too long, 62 31–33. |