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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... face of Nature without finding a smile upon it , if he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " - Boston Daily Advertiser . " A collection of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's genius ...
... face of Nature without finding a smile upon it , if he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " - Boston Daily Advertiser . " A collection of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's genius ...
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... face assumes a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper , a thimble , or a cinder , claps into her mouth a peg of orange ...
... face assumes a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper , a thimble , or a cinder , claps into her mouth a peg of orange ...
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... face set in a little oval frame of mus- lin tied under the chin , and retaining a certain tinge of the pillow without its cloudiness . This is , indeed , the finish- ing grace of a fireside , though it is impossible to have it at all ...
... face set in a little oval frame of mus- lin tied under the chin , and retaining a certain tinge of the pillow without its cloudiness . This is , indeed , the finish- ing grace of a fireside , though it is impossible to have it at all ...
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... faces of the Spanish la- dies bear melancholy witness . The stoves , however , in use with the countrymen of Mons . du Bos and Winckelman are , if possible , still worse , having a dull , suffocating ef- fect , with nothing to ...
... faces of the Spanish la- dies bear melancholy witness . The stoves , however , in use with the countrymen of Mons . du Bos and Winckelman are , if possible , still worse , having a dull , suffocating ef- fect , with nothing to ...
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... face of watery gray , intersected by strong lines , is imperceptibly becoming darker ; and as that becomes darker ,. the fire assumes a more glowing presence . The contemplatist keeps his easy posture , absorbed in his fancies ; and ...
... face of watery gray , intersected by strong lines , is imperceptibly becoming darker ; and as that becomes darker ,. the fire assumes a more glowing presence . The contemplatist keeps his easy posture , absorbed in his fancies ; and ...
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