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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He luxuriatech over niceties of expression and revelled in a delicious image or
apt plırases ; he was always seeking the beautiful in neglected fields of literature ;
and to renew his acquaintance with the memorable sonnets of Italian and ...
He luxuriatech over niceties of expression and revelled in a delicious image or
apt plırases ; he was always seeking the beautiful in neglected fields of literature ;
and to renew his acquaintance with the memorable sonnets of Italian and ...
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He loves everything , he catches the sunny side of everything , and , excepting
that he has a few polemical antipathies , finds everything beautiful . HENRY
CRABB ROBINSON . He is , in truth , one of the pleasantest writers of his time , -
easy ...
He loves everything , he catches the sunny side of everything , and , excepting
that he has a few polemical antipathies , finds everything beautiful . HENRY
CRABB ROBINSON . He is , in truth , one of the pleasantest writers of his time , -
easy ...
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... Horace , 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.
... Horace , 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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I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he sent to his acquaintances ,
telling one of them that a neat room and a sparkling fire were waiting for him ;
describing to another the smoke springing out of the roof in curling volumes , and
...
I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he sent to his acquaintances ,
telling one of them that a neat room and a sparkling fire were waiting for him ;
describing to another the smoke springing out of the roof in curling volumes , and
...
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... when a good natured person of ordinary understanding has been present . He
is reckoned severe , as it is called , in many of his opinions : and is thought
particularly to overrate his intellectual qualities in general ; and yet it is beautiful ...
... when a good natured person of ordinary understanding has been present . He
is reckoned severe , as it is called , in many of his opinions : and is thought
particularly to overrate his intellectual qualities in general ; and yet it is beautiful ...
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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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