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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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 . “ A collection
of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's ...
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 . “ A collection
of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's ...
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Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her 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 ...
Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her 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 ...
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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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We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have
occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging
over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish ladies bear melancholy witness .
We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have
occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging
over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish ladies bear melancholy witness .
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The window , which presents a large face of watery gray , intersected by strong
lines , is imperceptibly becoming darker ; and as that becomes darker ,. the fire a
more glowing presence . The contemplatist keeps his easy posture , absorbed in
...
The window , which presents a large face of watery gray , intersected by strong
lines , is imperceptibly becoming darker ; and as that becomes darker ,. the fire a
more glowing presence . The contemplatist keeps his easy posture , absorbed in
...
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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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