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 25
... gods for youth ordain . ” DRYDEN . The Roman poet , however , though he occasionally boasts of his temperance , is too apt to lose sight of the intellectual part of his entertainment , or at least to make the sensual part predominate ...
... gods for youth ordain . ” DRYDEN . The Roman poet , however , though he occasionally boasts of his temperance , is too apt to lose sight of the intellectual part of his entertainment , or at least to make the sensual part predominate ...
Page 27
... God sends a cheerful hour , refrains . " But the execution of this sonnet is not to be compared in gracefulness and a finished sociality with the one addressed to his friend Lawrence , which , as it presents us with the acme of elegant ...
... God sends a cheerful hour , refrains . " But the execution of this sonnet is not to be compared in gracefulness and a finished sociality with the one addressed to his friend Lawrence , which , as it presents us with the acme of elegant ...
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... of their understanding , they as naturally gifted them with their own faculties , moral and intellect- ual . Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY . 47 A Popular View of the Heathen Mythology.
... of their understanding , they as naturally gifted them with their own faculties , moral and intellect- ual . Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY . 47 A Popular View of the Heathen Mythology.
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... 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 ages and nations ...
... 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 ages and nations ...
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... gods of Greece , taken in the popular view of them , were , upon the whole a jovial company , occasionally dis ... God's will , and who pique themselves upon hav- ing the most exalted ideas of his nature ! How much better to think it his ...
... gods of Greece , taken in the popular view of them , were , upon the whole a jovial company , occasionally dis ... God's will , and who pique themselves upon hav- ing the most exalted ideas of his nature ! How much better to think it his ...
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