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 23
... , who knew how to enjoy sunshine in all its luxury , and who nevertheless appears to have snatched a finer inspiration from absolute frost and snow ? I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he A DAY BY THE FIRE . 23.
... , who knew how to enjoy sunshine in all its luxury , and who nevertheless appears to have snatched a finer inspiration from absolute frost and snow ? I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he A DAY BY THE FIRE . 23.
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... the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
... the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
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... appear , and figures of unknown animals , and far - distant countries scarcely to be reached by human journey ; then coaches and camels , and barking dogs as large as either , and forms that combine every shape and suggest every fancy ...
... appear , and figures of unknown animals , and far - distant countries scarcely to be reached by human journey ; then coaches and camels , and barking dogs as large as either , and forms that combine every shape and suggest every fancy ...
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... appears to him wonderfully commonplace from a man of wit . But such is his misfortune . He has no eyes but for something sparkling or violent ; and no more expects to find any thing simple in genius , than any thing tolerable in the ...
... appears to him wonderfully commonplace from a man of wit . But such is his misfortune . He has no eyes but for something sparkling or violent ; and no more expects to find any thing simple in genius , than any thing tolerable in the ...
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... appear irresistible in the eyes of Jupiter ; it is then we feel all the force and beauty of the Greek fables ; and an inti- macy with their sculpture shows us the eternal youth of this beauty , and renders it a sort of personal acquaint ...
... appear irresistible in the eyes of Jupiter ; it is then we feel all the force and beauty of the Greek fables ; and an inti- macy with their sculpture shows us the eternal youth of this beauty , and renders it a sort of personal acquaint ...
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