THE

PLAIN SPEAKER:

OPINIONS

ON

BOOKS, MEN, AND THINGS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET.

1826.

FRAGLISH
OXFORD

LIBRARY

LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Page

Essay I.-On the Qualifications necessary to Success in

Life

1

Essay II.-On the Look of a Gentleman

35

Essay VII.-On the Difference between Writing and

Speaking

163

Essay VIII.-On a Portrait of an English Lady, by

Essay XI.-Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars.

309

Essay XII.-Sir Walter Scott, Racine, and Shakespear 335

Essay XV.-On Jealousy and Spleen of Party

397

409

ESSAY I

ON THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY

TO SUCCESS IN LIFE.

Second Series. VOL. II.

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