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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Page 19
... given itself up , and which threatens to make the rising genera- tion regard a meal of repletion as the ultimatum of enjoy- ment . The inconvenience to which I allude is owing to the way in which we sit at dinner , for the persons who ...
... given itself up , and which threatens to make the rising genera- tion regard a meal of repletion as the ultimatum of enjoy- ment . The inconvenience to which I allude is owing to the way in which we sit at dinner , for the persons who ...
Page 35
... and love . Be this eternity , he cried , And let no more be given : Continue thus my lov'd fireside , I ask no other heaven . " THE HAPPY FIRESIDE . There are so many modes of spending the remainder of A DAY BY THE FIRE . 35.
... and love . Be this eternity , he cried , And let no more be given : Continue thus my lov'd fireside , I ask no other heaven . " THE HAPPY FIRESIDE . There are so many modes of spending the remainder of A DAY BY THE FIRE . 35.
Page 41
... given to Hazlitt . " Our style bewrays us , " says Burton ; and " A Day by the Fire " is full of Leigh Hunt's peculiarities of thought and diction . The question of authorship , however , is not to be de- ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE ...
... given to Hazlitt . " Our style bewrays us , " says Burton ; and " A Day by the Fire " is full of Leigh Hunt's peculiarities of thought and diction . The question of authorship , however , is not to be de- ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE ...
Page 44
... given , and of a bullying turn of mind , which is by no means confined to those who talk loudest , these persons are apt to be as obse- quious and dumb - stricken before men of whom they have a lofty opinion as they are otherwise in the ...
... given , and of a bullying turn of mind , which is by no means confined to those who talk loudest , these persons are apt to be as obse- quious and dumb - stricken before men of whom they have a lofty opinion as they are otherwise in the ...
Page 52
... given to those kinds of peccadilloes ; and therefore , if they could have become gods , how much more they would have been ungodly ! It is true the phi- losopher refined upon all this : and agreeably to the way in which Nature works ...
... given to those kinds of peccadilloes ; and therefore , if they could have become gods , how much more they would have been ungodly ! It is true the phi- losopher refined upon all this : and agreeably to the way in which Nature works ...
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