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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... Persia and India . Nothing of all this need shake him ; for it is in the heart and hopes of man that his nest is found . Plato's angel , Pythagoras's , Philo's , Zoroaster's , and Jeremy Tay- lor's , are all the same spirit under ...
... Persia and India . Nothing of all this need shake him ; for it is in the heart and hopes of man that his nest is found . Plato's angel , Pythagoras's , Philo's , Zoroaster's , and Jeremy Tay- lor's , are all the same spirit under ...
Page 124
... Persia ! - not the Araby and Persia of the geogra- pher , dull to the dull , and governed by the but the Araby and Persia of books , of the other and more real East , which thousands visit every day , the Orient of poets , the magic ...
... Persia ! - not the Araby and Persia of the geogra- pher , dull to the dull , and governed by the but the Araby and Persia of books , of the other and more real East , which thousands visit every day , the Orient of poets , the magic ...
Page 125
... best authorities . Sir John Malcolm says that Deev means a magician , whereas , in the Persian Dictionary of Richardson , it is rendered spirit and giant ; by custom , a devil : and Sir John uses GENII AND FAIRIES OF THE EAST . 125.
... best authorities . Sir John Malcolm says that Deev means a magician , whereas , in the Persian Dictionary of Richardson , it is rendered spirit and giant ; by custom , a devil : and Sir John uses GENII AND FAIRIES OF THE EAST . 125.
Page 126
... Persians ( for all these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans , and not with the Arabs , except in as far as the latter became united with the Persians ) , are of opinion , that many kings reigned ...
... Persians ( for all these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans , and not with the Arabs , except in as far as the latter became united with the Persians ) , are of opinion , that many kings reigned ...
Page 127
... Persian boy at an inn , who was struck with the dandy assumptions and enormous appetite of a native gentleman of the party . This person had been commissioned to show Sir William the country , and upon the strength of his having the ...
... Persian boy at an inn , who was struck with the dandy assumptions and enormous appetite of a native gentleman of the party . This person had been commissioned to show Sir William the country , and upon the strength of his having the ...
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