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 16
I am growing better in this respect , and , by the help of a stout walk at noon , and
getting , as it were , fairly into a favorite poet and a warm fire of an evening , begin
to manage a oud or an cast wind tolerably well ; but still , for perfection's sake ...
I am growing better in this respect , and , by the help of a stout walk at noon , and
getting , as it were , fairly into a favorite poet and a warm fire of an evening , begin
to manage a oud or an cast wind tolerably well ; but still , for perfection's sake ...
Page 20
... that the servants would have better access to the dishes , and that screens , if
at all necessary , might be turned to better purpose as a general enclosure
instead of a separation . But I hasten from dinner , according to notice ; and
cannot but ...
... that the servants would have better access to the dishes , and that screens , if
at all necessary , might be turned to better purpose as a general enclosure
instead of a separation . But I hasten from dinner , according to notice ; and
cannot but ...
Page 24
... and which only wanted the finish of our better morality and our patent
fireplaces , to resemlyle the one I am now fancying . Vides , ut altâ stet nive
candidum Suracte , nec jam sustineant op ? lis Silvire laborantes , geluque
Flumina constiterint ...
... and which only wanted the finish of our better morality and our patent
fireplaces , to resemlyle the one I am now fancying . Vides , ut altâ stet nive
candidum Suracte , nec jam sustineant op ? lis Silvire laborantes , geluque
Flumina constiterint ...
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... there is necessity to earn the enjoyment ; and I cannot conclude the hour
before us with a better climax of snugness than is presented in the following
pleasing little verses . The author , I believe , is unknown , and may not have
been much of ...
... there is necessity to earn the enjoyment ; and I cannot conclude the hour
before us with a better climax of snugness than is presented in the following
pleasing little verses . The author , I believe , is unknown , and may not have
been much of ...
Page 37
This is the finished evening ; this the quickener at once and the calmer of tired
thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when
the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! Questo è il Paradiso , Più ...
This is the finished evening ; this the quickener at once and the calmer of tired
thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when
the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! Questo è il Paradiso , Più ...
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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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