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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... round again to the East , and is traceable to 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 Taylor's , are all
the ...
... round again to the East , and is traceable to 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 Taylor's , are all
the ...
Page 124
Hail , Araby and Persia ! not the Araby and Persia of the geographer , dull to the
dull , and governed by the foolish , — but the Araby and Persia of books , of the
other and more real East , which thousands visit every day , — the Orient of poets
...
Hail , Araby and Persia ! not the Araby and Persia of the geographer , dull to the
dull , and governed by the foolish , — but the Araby and Persia of books , of the
other and more real East , which thousands visit every day , — the Orient of poets
...
Page 125
... opinions respecting the nature of the supernatural beings of the East have
been rendered inconsistent even among the best authorities . Sir John IIalcolm
says that Dict ' means a magician , whereas , in the Persian Dictionary of
Richardson ...
... opinions respecting the nature of the supernatural beings of the East have
been rendered inconsistent even among the best authorities . Sir John IIalcolm
says that Dict ' means a magician , whereas , in the Persian Dictionary of
Richardson ...
Page 126
The 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 , and
many ...
The 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 , and
many ...
Page 127
The above couplet was an extempore of a 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 ...
The above couplet was an extempore of a 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 ...
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| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2019 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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