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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Love adds a precious seeing to the eye . ” — Shakespeare . In two volumes .
16mo . ... No one can behold the face of Nature without finding a smile upon it , if
he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " — Boston Daily Advertiser .
Love adds a precious seeing to the eye . ” — Shakespeare . In two volumes .
16mo . ... No one can behold the face of Nature without finding a smile upon it , if
he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " — Boston Daily Advertiser .
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... or , “ It's wonderful what a taste the Greeks had ; " or , “ The eye might have a
great many enjoyments , if people would but look after forms and shapes . In the
mean while , the urn leaves off its - bubbling and hissing , " - but then there is
such ...
... or , “ It's wonderful what a taste the Greeks had ; " or , “ The eye might have a
great many enjoyments , if people would but look after forms and shapes . In the
mean while , the urn leaves off its - bubbling and hissing , " - but then there is
such ...
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can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits , on Twelfth
night , for instance , think of a blooming girl who is condemned to “ open her
mouth and shut her eyes , and see what heaven , ” in the shape of a mischievous
...
can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits , on Twelfth
night , for instance , think of a blooming girl who is condemned to “ open her
mouth and shut her eyes , and see what heaven , ” in the shape of a mischievous
...
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And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson.
female presiding at your breakfast - table , with hands tapering out of her long
sleeves , eyes with a touch of Sir Peter Lely in them , and a face set in a little oval
frame ...
And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson.
female presiding at your breakfast - table , with hands tapering out of her long
sleeves , eyes with a touch of Sir Peter Lely in them , and a face set in a little oval
frame ...
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The stoves , however , in use with the countrymen of Mons . du Bos and
Winckelman are , if possible , still worse , having a dull , suffocating effect , with
nothing to recompense the eye . The abhorrence of them which Ariosto
expresses in one ...
The stoves , however , in use with the countrymen of Mons . du Bos and
Winckelman are , if possible , still worse , having a dull , suffocating effect , with
nothing to recompense the eye . The abhorrence of them which Ariosto
expresses in one ...
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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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