No Great Man Likes His Own Fame In Art Quotes
The passage surveys historical claims of artistic vanity from Hazlitt to Dante Whitman and Pliny. It cites Horace boasting of a monument beyond brass and pyramids, Dante and Whitman on immortality, and artists Hogarth Diedrot Turner declaring superiority to peers, illustrating famed self regard.
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Hazlitt
Horace
Pyramids
Shakespeare
Pliny
Panis
Walt Whitman
Cervantés
Hogarth
Diedrot
Turner
Claude
National Gallery
Fragmentary Musings on Schopenhauer and Silence in Music
The fragmented text discusses Schopenhauer and rivals in music, noting his vanity and frequent praise for his own genius. It cites a paradoxical boast about modesty and recalls an anecdote where he demanded silence during a performance, reacting with fury to talking audience members.
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Schopenhauer
Ill Mannered Census Of Famous Opera Masters
The account highlights Handel, Viotti, Gluck, and Meyerbeer as examples of arrogance toward royalty and critics. Handel disputes royal respect, Viotti storms out, Gluck dismisses progress, and Meyerbeer quips about pursuing new work. The anecdotes illustrate famed composers’ pride.
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Handel
Beethoven
George I
Tibe
Yotti
Versziles
Arte Antoinette
Armanre
Monseigneur
Sainte d’Artois
Viotti
Marie Antoinette
Gluck
Madama
Meyerbeer
Self Admiration Through History in Poetic Vanity
The piece surveys famed figures such as Vaydn Lord Byron and Disraeli to show vanity wearing various disguises. It notes Purcell on tomb inscriptions and Moore's reactions to praise, illustrating how pride can outshine or coexist with artistic achievement.
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Vaydn
Neriis
Solomon
Hiere
Purcell
Woesiainster Abbey
Flore
H. Purcell
Msquire
Lord Byron
Thomas Moore
Benjamin
Disraeli
Glorious attire of a Parliament figure in vivid regalia
A Parliament figure is described in vivid attire featuring purple trousers with gold bands a scarlet waistcoat ruffled sleeves and diamond rings flashing from white gloves highlighting his flamboyant display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliament
Supreme Court Hears Greymouth Union Case Damages
In Greymouth the Supreme Court heard the case of J W Coetzo against the Greymouth Watersiders Union for 200 pounds damages over alleged intimidation. A jury answered that the union suspended the plaintiff from membership and sent letters that blocked employment with Union Steam Ship Company and other companies. Justice First Honour awarded the plaintiff ten pounds and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greymouth
Supreme Court
J. W. Coetzo
Greymouth Watersiders’ Union
Defendais
Hales
Union Steam Ship Company
Green
Scala
Thoughts for the Day and Quotations
A brief collection of literary sayings and maxims on responsibility affection and wise counsel. Notable lines attributed to Washington Irving Martineau Cervantes and an old proverb about prudent reception of advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
Martineau
Cervantes
Smiles for the Day at the Girton School
Dialogue snippets show a late hour at a school with pupils Blake Dora and Miss H. The Girton girl answers with a single word Blood while Mrs Lehmann aids a physics problem. A student named HW H. is teased by Mr Lehmann for lacking understanding of the problem.
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Blake
Dora
Girton
HW. H
Mr. Lehmann
Miss H
Colonies official notes colonial speech and ties with Motherland
Sir Hartmann Just, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in Wellington, discusses dialect and physique differences among colonists and New Zealanders versus Australians. He notes climate effects, praises hardy New Zealanders, and sees closer links between the colonies and Britain strengthening practical and sentimental ties.
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Wellington
Hartmann Just
Commonwealth
Sydney
Sir Hartmann
Baxter's Lung Preserver advertised as cold remedy
An advertisement extols Baxter's Lung Preserver as a cure for winter colds promising relief for head or chest. It claims over fifty years of public proof and offers a 1s 10d bottle available from chemists, stores, or directly from J Baxter and Co Christchurch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter
Baxter and’ Co
Christchurch
New Zealand Alliance Congress Endorses Licensing Reform Motion
Wellington June 24 The afternoon session of the New Zealand Alliance saw Rev Br Gray preside as a motion passed by a large majority urging MPs to support an instalment of licensing reform. A second resolution urged temperance reformers to push forward and oppose retrograde legislation. The conference adjourned at 5 20 pm and a convention tea followed by a public demonstration at the Town Hall with leading members speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand Alliance
Gray
Unregistered Barmaids Case Punts to Full Court
Gisborne Supreme Court hears appeal by Frank Harris over conviction for employing an unregistered barmaid in a private bar. Justice Cooper will refer the point of law to the Full Court in Wellington for a ruling on whether an offence requires both unregistered staff and a public bar open for liquor sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gisborne
Supreme Court
Justice Cooper
Frank Harris
W. A. Barton
S.M
L. T. Barnard
Harris
Justice Sim
Myr Justice - Denniston
Wellington
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised By Queensland Mother
Mrs G A Paxton of Little Chester Street New Farm Queensland says Chamberlains Cough Remedy has relieved her anxiety since her boy David was three. She used it for all her children and finds it always effective against croup and night fevers for her daughters. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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David
Chamberlain
G. A. Paxton
Chester Street
New Farm
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