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 11
... Satyr of Mythology and the Poets The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops • 155 • • 170 188 206 • 231 • 252 260 284 292 The True ...
... Satyr of Mythology and the Poets The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops • 155 • • 170 188 206 • 231 • 252 260 284 292 The True ...
Page 55
... Satyrs and Fauns with cloven heel . " To which Wharton very prop- erly answers , " but poetry does this : and in the hands of Milton does it with a peculiar and irresistible charm . Sub- ordinate poets exercise no invention when they ...
... Satyrs and Fauns with cloven heel . " To which Wharton very prop- erly answers , " but poetry does this : and in the hands of Milton does it with a peculiar and irresistible charm . Sub- ordinate poets exercise no invention when they ...
Page 93
... Satyrs , Wood - nymphs , Foliots , Fairies , Robin Good- fellows , & c . , which as they are most conversant with men , so they do them the most harm . Some think it was they alone that kept the heathen people in awe of old , and had so ...
... Satyrs , Wood - nymphs , Foliots , Fairies , Robin Good- fellows , & c . , which as they are most conversant with men , so they do them the most harm . Some think it was they alone that kept the heathen people in awe of old , and had so ...
Page 94
... Satyrs , Pans , Fauns , Syrens , Kit with the Canstick , Tritons , Centaurs , Dwarfs , Giants , Imps , Calcars , Conjurors , Nymphs , Changelings , Incubus , Robin Goodfellows , the Spoon , the Mare , the Man in the Oak , the Helwain ...
... Satyrs , Pans , Fauns , Syrens , Kit with the Canstick , Tritons , Centaurs , Dwarfs , Giants , Imps , Calcars , Conjurors , Nymphs , Changelings , Incubus , Robin Goodfellows , the Spoon , the Mare , the Man in the Oak , the Helwain ...
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... SATYR OF MYTHOLOGY AND THE POETS . M E lay before our readers the portrait of a very eminent half or four - fifths man , an old friend of the poets , particularly of the sequestered and descriptive order , and constantly alluded to in ...
... SATYR OF MYTHOLOGY AND THE POETS . M E lay before our readers the portrait of a very eminent half or four - fifths man , an old friend of the poets , particularly of the sequestered and descriptive order , and constantly alluded to in ...
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