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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On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops . Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein
Aeronautics , Real and Fabulous . On the Talking of Nonsense A Rainy Day The
True Enjoyment of Splendor . 284 292 . 299 . 302 Retrospective Review - Men ...
On Giants , Ogres , and Cyclops . Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein
Aeronautics , Real and Fabulous . On the Talking of Nonsense A Rainy Day The
True Enjoyment of Splendor . 284 292 . 299 . 302 Retrospective Review - Men ...
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His Neptune goes a hundred miles at a stride . This grandeur is of a questionable
sort . Homer's men become little in proportion as the gods become great ; and
Mars and Minerva lording it over a battle , are like giants “ tempesting ” among a ...
His Neptune goes a hundred miles at a stride . This grandeur is of a questionable
sort . Homer's men become little in proportion as the gods become great ; and
Mars and Minerva lording it over a battle , are like giants “ tempesting ” among a ...
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1751. " There is a pretty tale of a witch that had the devil's mark about her , God
bless us , that had a giant to her son that was called “ Lob - lye - by - the - fire .
Todd's Milton , vol . vi . p . 96. Burton in a passage subsequently quoted , tells us
in ...
1751. " There is a pretty tale of a witch that had the devil's mark about her , God
bless us , that had a giant to her son that was called “ Lob - lye - by - the - fire .
Todd's Milton , vol . vi . p . 96. Burton in a passage subsequently quoted , tells us
in ...
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It was indeed , ” says the Edda , “ in the body of the Giant Ymer , that they were
engendered and first began to move and live . At first they were only worms ; but
by order of the gods they at length partook both of human shape and reason ...
It was indeed , ” says the Edda , “ in the body of the Giant Ymer , that they were
engendered and first began to move and live . At first they were only worms ; but
by order of the gods they at length partook both of human shape and reason ...
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This was done in their pretended rise from the dead carcase of a great giant . The
dwarfs at first were only the maggots , engendered by its putrefaction : afterwards
the gods bestowed upon them understanding and cunning . By this fiction the ...
This was done in their pretended rise from the dead carcase of a great giant . The
dwarfs at first were only the maggots , engendered by its putrefaction : afterwards
the gods bestowed upon them understanding and cunning . By this fiction the ...
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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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