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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... Fairies • · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 • The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants ...
... Fairies • · Genii and Fairies of the East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 • The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . The Sirens and Mermaids of the Poets Tritons and Men of the Sea • On Giants ...
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... fairies seem about to spring away on sable wings ; then heat and fire are forgotten , and walled towns appear , and figures of unknown animals , and far - distant countries scarcely to be reached by human journey ; then coaches and ...
... fairies seem about to spring away on sable wings ; then heat and fire are forgotten , and walled towns appear , and figures of unknown animals , and far - distant countries scarcely to be reached by human journey ; then coaches and ...
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... fairies on the wing by moonlight , at a third exploring the haunts of the cursed Maugraby , or wrapt into the silence of that delicious solitude from which Prince Agib was carried by the fatal horse . Then , if I wish to poeticize upon ...
... fairies on the wing by moonlight , at a third exploring the haunts of the cursed Maugraby , or wrapt into the silence of that delicious solitude from which Prince Agib was carried by the fatal horse . Then , if I wish to poeticize upon ...
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... it as it opens the door , while a cry is heard from upstairs announcing the azure marks inflicted by — " The nips of fairies upon maids ' white hips , " or hearing a snoring from below , it tiptoes down A DAY BY THE FIRE . 39.
... it as it opens the door , while a cry is heard from upstairs announcing the azure marks inflicted by — " The nips of fairies upon maids ' white hips , " or hearing a snoring from below , it tiptoes down A DAY BY THE FIRE . 39.
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... fairies , ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs , gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the ... fairy sprite Hop as light as bird from briar ; And this ditty , after me , Sing and dance it trippingly . " Anon ...
... fairies , ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs , gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the ... fairy sprite Hop as light as bird from briar ; And this ditty , after me , Sing and dance it trippingly . " Anon ...
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