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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... delightful of authors , and all who read him admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and sunny dis- position , his ...
... delightful of authors , and all who read him admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and sunny dis- position , his ...
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... delight in a fireside , and can enjoy it without even the help of a cat or a tea - kettle . To cats , indeed , I have an aver- sion , as animals that only affect a sociality , without caring a jot for any thing but their own luxury ...
... delight in a fireside , and can enjoy it without even the help of a cat or a tea - kettle . To cats , indeed , I have an aver- sion , as animals that only affect a sociality , without caring a jot for any thing but their own luxury ...
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... delight . I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black - pud- dings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel ...
... delight . I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black - pud- dings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel ...
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... delightful change from the wet , raw , dabbing fold of paper when you first touch it , to the dry , crackling , crisp superficies which , with a skilful spat of the finger - nails at its upper end , stands at once in your hand , and ...
... delightful change from the wet , raw , dabbing fold of paper when you first touch it , to the dry , crackling , crisp superficies which , with a skilful spat of the finger - nails at its upper end , stands at once in your hand , and ...
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... company ; but I must not quit the fireside , and will only observe that , as the ladies formed its chief ornament , so they constituted its most familiar delight . — - " The minstralcie , the service at the feste 20 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
... company ; but I must not quit the fireside , and will only observe that , as the ladies formed its chief ornament , so they constituted its most familiar delight . — - " The minstralcie , the service at the feste 20 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
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