A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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... Greeks and Romans , and the Spirit that was said to have waited on Socrates 59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets ...
... Greeks and Romans , and the Spirit that was said to have waited on Socrates 59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets ...
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... Greeks had ; or , “ The eye might have a great many enjoyments , if peo- ple would but look after forms and shapes . " In the mean while , the urn leaves off its " bubbling and hissing , ” — but then there is such an air with it ! My ...
... Greeks had ; or , “ The eye might have a great many enjoyments , if peo- ple would but look after forms and shapes . " In the mean while , the urn leaves off its " bubbling and hissing , ” — but then there is such an air with it ! My ...
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... Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular , saw a great deal worse weather than these critics would have us imag- ine ; the question is , would the poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would Tyrtæus , the singer of patriotism ...
... Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular , saw a great deal worse weather than these critics would have us imag- ine ; the question is , would the poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would Tyrtæus , the singer of patriotism ...
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... Greeks ) . We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish la- dies bear melancholy ...
... Greeks ) . We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish la- dies bear melancholy ...
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... Greeks and Romans beheld ; and forget that the moon , which may be looking upon us at the mo- ment , is the same identical planet that enchanted Homer and Virgil , and that has been contemplated and admired by all the great men and ...
... Greeks and Romans beheld ; and forget that the moon , which may be looking upon us at the mo- ment , is the same identical planet that enchanted Homer and Virgil , and that has been contemplated and admired by all the great men and ...
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