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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... Genius ; Poets ' Houses ; A Journey by Coach ; Inexhaustibility of the Subject of Christmas . " The Seer ' is a capital companion in the traveller's pocket , and by the bachelor's coffee - cup , and whenever one wishes a nibble at the ...
... Genius ; Poets ' Houses ; A Journey by Coach ; Inexhaustibility of the Subject of Christmas . " The Seer ' is a capital companion in the traveller's pocket , and by the bachelor's coffee - cup , and whenever one wishes a nibble at the ...
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... genius , or only of surpassing talent , is a question which we willingly leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes ...
... genius , or only of surpassing talent , is a question which we willingly leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes ...
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... genius , supposing , forsooth , that because we have not the sunshine of the Southern countries , we have no other warmth for our veins , and that , because our skies are not hot enough to keep us in doors , we have no excursiveness of ...
... genius , supposing , forsooth , that because we have not the sunshine of the Southern countries , we have no other warmth for our veins , and that , because our skies are not hot enough to keep us in doors , we have no excursiveness of ...
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... genius presents in winter , and almost been ready to conclude , with old Cleveland , that the sun him- self was nothing but- " Heaven's coalery ; - A coal - pit rampant , or a mine on flame . " The ancient hearth was generally in the ...
... genius presents in winter , and almost been ready to conclude , with old Cleveland , that the sun him- self was nothing but- " Heaven's coalery ; - A coal - pit rampant , or a mine on flame . " The ancient hearth was generally in the ...
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... geniuses that have existed : by Socrates and Plato in Athens , by the Antonines in Rome , by the Alfreds , the l'Hospitals , the Miltons , Newtons , and Shakespeares . In like manner , we are anxious to dis- cover how these great men ...
... geniuses that have existed : by Socrates and Plato in Athens , by the Antonines in Rome , by the Alfreds , the l'Hospitals , the Miltons , Newtons , and Shakespeares . In like manner , we are anxious to dis- cover how these great men ...
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