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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damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
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... gentle reader , good night : may the weariness I have caused you make sleep
the pleasanter ! “ Let no lamenting cryes , nor dolefull tears , Be heard all night
within , nor yet without ; Ne let false whispers , breeding hidden fears , Break
gentle ...
... gentle reader , good night : may the weariness I have caused you make sleep
the pleasanter ! “ Let no lamenting cryes , nor dolefull tears , Be heard all night
within , nor yet without ; Ne let false whispers , breeding hidden fears , Break
gentle ...
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Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the qualities most admired or feared
during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were owing the
inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of different ...
Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the qualities most admired or feared
during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were owing the
inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of different ...
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Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the
least respectable of our passions , —our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine
part of Christianity that it appeals to love ; and if it then inspires melancholy , it is
one ...
Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the
least respectable of our passions , —our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine
part of Christianity that it appeals to love ; and if it then inspires melancholy , it is
one ...
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The author seems continually haunted by the fear that his pupil might prefer the
religion of Jupiter to the religion of Christ . ” — Baldwin's “ Pantheon , ” preface , p
. 5 . This philosophical mythologist is of opinion that there was no ground for fear
...
The author seems continually haunted by the fear that his pupil might prefer the
religion of Jupiter to the religion of Christ . ” — Baldwin's “ Pantheon , ” preface , p
. 5 . This philosophical mythologist is of opinion that there was no ground for fear
...
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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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