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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... happy , for it keeps him chiefly in Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the rug- geder native poetry on the south ...
... happy , for it keeps him chiefly in Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the rug- geder native poetry on the south ...
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... happy certainties which he cannot prove ; the lover , happier and more cer- tain , fancies his mistress with him , unobserved and confid- ing , his arm round her waist , her head upon his shoulder , and earth and heaven contained in ...
... happy certainties which he cannot prove ; the lover , happier and more cer- tain , fancies his mistress with him , unobserved and confid- ing , his arm round her waist , her head upon his shoulder , and earth and heaven contained in ...
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... happy state , A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd . Clarinda's hand he gently prest ; She stole an amorous kiss , And , blushing , modestly confess'd The fulness of her bliss . Palemon , with ...
... happy state , A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd . Clarinda's hand he gently prest ; She stole an amorous kiss , And , blushing , modestly confess'd The fulness of her bliss . Palemon , with ...
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... happy faces is re- flected upon our own . We may even find a beam of it in every thing that Heaven looks upon . The dullest minds do not vegetate for nothing , any more than the grass in a - - green lawn . We do not require the trees to ...
... happy faces is re- flected upon our own . We may even find a beam of it in every thing that Heaven looks upon . The dullest minds do not vegetate for nothing , any more than the grass in a - - green lawn . We do not require the trees to ...
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... happy to look at it , and the most fas- tidious pretender in the room will delight to expatiate on its beauty and contrivance . Let this teach him charity and good sense , and inform him that it is the grossest of all coxcombry to dwell ...
... happy to look at it , and the most fas- tidious pretender in the room will delight to expatiate on its beauty and contrivance . Let this teach him charity and good sense , and inform him that it is the grossest of all coxcombry to dwell ...
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admiration Amadis of Gaul ancient angels appear Arabian Nights Arethuse balloon beautiful bird called charm creatures dancing delight demon devil divine earth elves evil eyes face fairy fancy fear feel fire fireside Genii genius gentle giant give gods Gog and Magog grace Greek hand happy head heard heaven Hesiod human imagination kind King King Arthur lady Lane Leigh Hunt lived Lloyd look lord lovers mermaid Milton mistress Morabec mountains Mythology Naiads nature Nereids never night nymphs Oberon one's Ovid Pari passage perhaps person Plato pleasant pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry present Prince Ahmed queen reader Reginald Scot romance round Satyr sense sing Sirens Socrates song sort soul speak Spenser spirit story supposed sweet taste tell thee thing thou thought tion Triton truth turn verses voice wings word