THE

PLAIN SPEAKER:

ΟΡΙΝΙΟNS

ON

BOOKS, MEN, AND THINGS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET

1826.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Essay I. On the Prose-Style of Poets

Essay II.-On Dreams

Essay III. On the Conversation of Authors

- Essay IV.-The same Subject continued

Essay V.-On Reason and Imagination

Essay VI.-On Application to Study

- Essay VII.-On Londoners and Country People

Essay VIII.-On the Spirit of Obligations

181

Essay XII.-Whether Genius is conscious of its Powers? 279