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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... Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; Dancing and Dancers ; Twelfth Night ; Rules in Making Presents ; Romance of Commonplace ; Amiable- ness Superior to Common Intellect ; Life After Death , Belief in ...
... Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; Dancing and Dancers ; Twelfth Night ; Rules in Making Presents ; Romance of Commonplace ; Amiable- ness Superior to Common Intellect ; Life After Death , Belief in ...
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... poem called the Sonnet , with a Selec- tion of English Sonnets , now first published from the original MSS . of ... poets was simply a labor of love . He therefore wrote an essay giving the history of the sonnet , and defining its ...
... poem called the Sonnet , with a Selec- tion of English Sonnets , now first published from the original MSS . of ... poets was simply a labor of love . He therefore wrote an essay giving the history of the sonnet , and defining its ...
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... Poets . 70 Fairies 81 · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155 The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . • • 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of ...
... Poets . 70 Fairies 81 · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155 The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . • • 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of ...
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... poem , as I think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black - pud- dings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my feelings in an orderly manner , I must request the reader to ...
... poem , as I think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black - pud- dings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my feelings in an orderly manner , I must request the reader to ...
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... poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would Tyrtæus , the singer of patriotism , have complained of being an Englishman ? Would Virgil , who delighted in husbandry , and whose first wish was to be a philosopher , have complained ...
... poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would Tyrtæus , the singer of patriotism , have complained of being an Englishman ? Would Virgil , who delighted in husbandry , and whose first wish was to be a philosopher , have complained ...
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