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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... fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and sunny dis- position , his large and generous sympathies , and noble , Christian faith in the innate goodness of man . - This volume of essays and sketches ...
... fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and sunny dis- position , his large and generous sympathies , and noble , Christian faith in the innate goodness of man . - This volume of essays and sketches ...
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... fancy , till at last , the ragged coals tumbling together , reduce the vision to chaos , and the huge profile of a gaunt and grinning face seems to make a jest of all that has passed . During these creations of the eye , the thought ...
... fancy , till at last , the ragged coals tumbling together , reduce the vision to chaos , and the huge profile of a gaunt and grinning face seems to make a jest of all that has passed . During these creations of the eye , the thought ...
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... fancy aid , Repress those vapours which the head invade , And keeps that palace of the soul serene , Fit , on her birth - day , to salute the Queen . " The eulogies pronounced on his favorite beverage by Dr. Johnson , are too well known ...
... fancy aid , Repress those vapours which the head invade , And keeps that palace of the soul serene , Fit , on her birth - day , to salute the Queen . " The eulogies pronounced on his favorite beverage by Dr. Johnson , are too well known ...
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... fancy as it comes , and varied , perhaps , with a little music , or with the perusal of some favorite passages which excite the comments of the circle . It is then , if tastes happen to be accordant , and the social voice is frank as ...
... fancy as it comes , and varied , perhaps , with a little music , or with the perusal of some favorite passages which excite the comments of the circle . It is then , if tastes happen to be accordant , and the social voice is frank as ...
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... fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon the wind , or the night - spirit on his horse that comes flouncing through the air on his way to a surfeited citizen , or the ...
... fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon the wind , or the night - spirit on his horse that comes flouncing through the air on his way to a surfeited citizen , or the ...
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