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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I am much mistaken if our blazing fire and our freedom of speech would not give
him a warmer inspiration than ever he felt in the person of Demodocus , even
though placed on a lofty seat , and regaled with slices of brawn from a prince's
table ...
I am much mistaken if our blazing fire and our freedom of speech would not give
him a warmer inspiration than ever he felt in the person of Demodocus , even
though placed on a lofty seat , and regaled with slices of brawn from a prince's
table ...
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... or dignified by high wrought meditation on whatsoever gives hope to
benevolence and inspiration to wisdom . The philosopher at such moments plans
his Utopian schemes , and dreams of happy certainties which he cannot prove ;
the lover ...
... or dignified by high wrought meditation on whatsoever gives hope to
benevolence and inspiration to wisdom . The philosopher at such moments plans
his Utopian schemes , and dreams of happy certainties which he cannot prove ;
the lover ...
Page 40
... music tinkles in the car , and Oberon gives his gentle order : “ Through this
house in glimmering light By the deal and drowsy fire , Every elf and fairy spirite
Hop as light as bird from briar ; And this ditty , after me , Sing and dance it
trippingly .
... music tinkles in the car , and Oberon gives his gentle order : “ Through this
house in glimmering light By the deal and drowsy fire , Every elf and fairy spirite
Hop as light as bird from briar ; And this ditty , after me , Sing and dance it
trippingly .
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Wharton says further , that “ poetry is not always unconnected with passion , ” and
then gives an instance out of the poem where Milton speaks of the body of his
lost friend . But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet ...
Wharton says further , that “ poetry is not always unconnected with passion , ” and
then gives an instance out of the poem where Milton speaks of the body of his
lost friend . But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet ...
Page 60
A blessed spirit , eternally increasing in knowledge or illumination ( which some
think will be one of its beatitudes ) , gives an enlarged sense to the word demon .
Plato certainly had no ill opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was ...
A blessed spirit , eternally increasing in knowledge or illumination ( which some
think will be one of its beatitudes ) , gives an enlarged sense to the word demon .
Plato certainly had no ill opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was ...
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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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