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
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 188 Tritons and Men of the
Sea 206 . 231 . 252 260 . On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops . Gog and Magog , and
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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 188 Tritons and Men of the
Sea 206 . 231 . 252 260 . On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops . Gog and Magog , and
...
Page 55
Dr. Johnson objects to Milton's Lycidas ( which is an elegy on a lost companion of
his studies ) , that “ passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy ; nor calls
upon Arethuse and Mincius ; nor tells of rough Satyrs and Fauns with cloven heel
...
Dr. Johnson objects to Milton's Lycidas ( which is an elegy on a lost companion of
his studies ) , that “ passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy ; nor calls
upon Arethuse and Mincius ; nor tells of rough Satyrs and Fauns with cloven heel
...
Page 93
Our old prose writers scarcely ever mention the Fairies without letting us see how
they were confounded with devils , and yet distinguished from them . 66
Terrestrial devils , ” says Burton , “ are those Lares , Genii , Faunes , Satyrs ,
Wood ...
Our old prose writers scarcely ever mention the Fairies without letting us see how
they were confounded with devils , and yet distinguished from them . 66
Terrestrial devils , ” says Burton , “ are those Lares , Genii , Faunes , Satyrs ,
Wood ...
Page 94
Our mothers ' maids have so frayed us , ” says gallant Reginald Scot , " with Bul -
beggars , Spirits , Witches , Urchens , Elves , Hags , Fairies , Satyrs , Pans ,
Fauns , Syrens , Kit with the Canstick , Tritons , Centaurs , Dwarfs , Giants , Imps ...
Our mothers ' maids have so frayed us , ” says gallant Reginald Scot , " with Bul -
beggars , Spirits , Witches , Urchens , Elves , Hags , Fairies , Satyrs , Pans ,
Fauns , Syrens , Kit with the Canstick , Tritons , Centaurs , Dwarfs , Giants , Imps ...
Page 155
THE SATYR OF MYTHOLOGY AND THE POETS . W 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
all ...
THE SATYR OF MYTHOLOGY AND THE POETS . W 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
all ...
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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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