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 26
... body , enabling them to enjoy the healthful and unclouded predominance of a sparkling in- telligence ! It is curious , indeed , to see how distinct from all excess are their freest and heartiest notions of relaxa- tion . Thus our old ...
... body , enabling them to enjoy the healthful and unclouded predominance of a sparkling in- telligence ! It is curious , indeed , to see how distinct from all excess are their freest and heartiest notions of relaxa- tion . Thus our old ...
Page 42
... body of persons , known by the various appellations of commonplace people , dull fellows , or people who have nothing to say . - It is perhaps wrong , indeed , to call these persons com- monplace . Those who are the most vehement in ...
... body of persons , known by the various appellations of commonplace people , dull fellows , or people who have nothing to say . - It is perhaps wrong , indeed , to call these persons com- monplace . Those who are the most vehement in ...
Page 43
... bodies do graceful ones ; and every one who , from conscious modesty , or from not thinking about the matter , does not play the same monkey tricks with his natural deficiency , is set down for a dull fellow , and treated with a sort of ...
... bodies do graceful ones ; and every one who , from conscious modesty , or from not thinking about the matter , does not play the same monkey tricks with his natural deficiency , is set down for a dull fellow , and treated with a sort of ...
Page 44
... , waits anxiously for the next observation . After a little silence , broken only by a hem or two , and by some- body's begging pardon of a gentleman next him for touch- ing his shoe , Mr. W. is addressed by a 44 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE .
... , waits anxiously for the next observation . After a little silence , broken only by a hem or two , and by some- body's begging pardon of a gentleman next him for touch- ing his shoe , Mr. W. is addressed by a 44 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE .
Page 56
... body of his lost friend . But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet Street and " the Mitre , " though very good things , are not the only ones ; that these two young friends lived in the imaginative , as well ...
... body of his lost friend . But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet Street and " the Mitre , " though very good things , are not the only ones ; that these two young friends lived in the imaginative , as well ...
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admiration Amadis of Gaul ancient angels appear Arabian Nights Arethuse balloon beautiful bird called charm creatures dancing delight demon devil divine earth elves evil eyes face fairy fancy fear feel fire fireside Genii genius gentle giant give gods Gog and Magog grace Greek hand happy head heard heaven Hesiod human imagination kind King King Arthur lady Lane Leigh Hunt lived Lloyd look lord lovers mermaid Milton mistress Morabec mountains Mythology Naiads nature Nereids never night nymphs Oberon one's Ovid Pari passage perhaps person Plato pleasant pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry present Prince Ahmed queen reader Reginald Scot romance round Satyr sense sing Sirens Socrates song sort soul speak Spenser spirit story supposed sweet taste tell thee thing thou thought tion Triton truth turn verses voice wings word