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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Page 44
... devil has Tom got here ? " - - Like all who are tyrannically given , and of a bullying turn of mind , — which is by no means confined to those who talk loudest , - these persons are apt to be as obse- quious and dumb - stricken before ...
... devil has Tom got here ? " - - Like all who are tyrannically given , and of a bullying turn of mind , — which is by no means confined to those who talk loudest , - these persons are apt to be as obse- quious and dumb - stricken before ...
Page 48
... devil for that pur- pose . The devil put him off from time to time , till he told him one day that the hour was arrived . " How is that , " cried Pharaoh , " why is it time now , and was not before ? " - " The reason is , " replied the ...
... devil for that pur- pose . The devil put him off from time to time , till he told him one day that the hour was arrived . " How is that , " cried Pharaoh , " why is it time now , and was not before ? " - " The reason is , " replied the ...
Page 59
... devil . But there are few things more remarkable than the abundant use which the Church made of the speculations of the Greek philoso- phers , and the contempt with which indiscreet members of GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 59 On the ...
... devil . But there are few things more remarkable than the abundant use which the Church made of the speculations of the Greek philoso- phers , and the contempt with which indiscreet members of GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 59 On the ...
Page 72
... devil , That mak'st my blood cold , and my hair to stare ? Speak to me , what thou art . Ghost . Thy evil spirit , Brutus . Bru . Why com'st thou ? Ghost . To tell thee , thou shalt see me at Philippi . Bru . Well ; Then I shall see ...
... devil , That mak'st my blood cold , and my hair to stare ? Speak to me , what thou art . Ghost . Thy evil spirit , Brutus . Bru . Why com'st thou ? Ghost . To tell thee , thou shalt see me at Philippi . Bru . Well ; Then I shall see ...
Page 75
... devil among the beds , to the great regret of Venus . It is an old story , and a true ; and the worst of it is , that Venus herself ( though the poet does not here say so ) joins with her enemies to assist him . Were it not that Time ...
... devil among the beds , to the great regret of Venus . It is an old story , and a true ; and the worst of it is , that Venus herself ( though the poet does not here say so ) joins with her enemies to assist him . Were it not that Time ...
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