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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For Leigh Hunt is one of the most clelightful of authors , and all who read him
admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright
fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and
sunny ...
For Leigh Hunt is one of the most clelightful of authors , and all who read him
admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright
fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and
sunny ...
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... either , and forms that combine every shape and suggest every 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 .
... either , and forms that combine every shape and suggest every 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 .
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The Muse's friend , Tea , does our 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 ...
The Muse's friend , Tea , does our 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 ...
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If it be necessary to pay so ill a compliment to the company as to have recourse to
some amusement of the kind , there is chess or draughts , which may be played
on a tablet by the fire ; but nothing is like discourse , freely uttering the fancy as it
...
If it be necessary to pay so ill a compliment to the company as to have recourse to
some amusement of the kind , there is chess or draughts , which may be played
on a tablet by the fire ; but nothing is like discourse , freely uttering the fancy as it
...
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The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jacko ' - 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 tiny ...
The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jacko ' - 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 tiny ...
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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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