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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... ancient and modern , it belongs exclusively to our own ; and that nothing but a want of ideas sug- gested by that soul - wrapping epithet could have induced certain frigid connoisseurs to tax our climate with want of genius , supposing ...
... ancient and modern , it belongs exclusively to our own ; and that nothing but a want of ideas sug- gested by that soul - wrapping epithet could have induced certain frigid connoisseurs to tax our climate with want of genius , supposing ...
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... ancients , in fact , were by no means deficient in enthusiasm at sight of a good fire ; and it is to be presumed that , if they had enjoyed such firesides as ours , they would have acknowledged the advantages which 22 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
... ancients , in fact , were by no means deficient in enthusiasm at sight of a good fire ; and it is to be presumed that , if they had enjoyed such firesides as ours , they would have acknowledged the advantages which 22 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
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... ancient hearth was generally in the middle of the room , the ceiling of which let out the smoke ; it was sup- plied with charcoal or faggots , and consisted sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) ...
... ancient hearth was generally in the middle of the room , the ceiling of which let out the smoke ; it was sup- plied with charcoal or faggots , and consisted sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) ...
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... ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs , gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside , the sala- manders , lob - lie - by - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvæ , come flitting between the ...
... ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs , gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside , the sala- manders , lob - lie - by - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvæ , come flitting between the ...
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... ancient mythology are of a very tangible order . They were personifica- tions of the power of the external world , and of the operations of the intellect ; and some- times merged themselves into the particular providence of an eminent ...
... ancient mythology are of a very tangible order . They were personifica- tions of the power of the external world , and of the operations of the intellect ; and some- times merged themselves into the particular providence of an eminent ...
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