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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For Leigh Hunt is one of the most clelightful of authors , and all who read him
admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright
fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and
sunny ...
For Leigh Hunt is one of the most clelightful of authors , and all who read him
admire him for his scholarly tastes and literary amenities , his nimble wit , bright
fancy , and subtle perception of beauty ; and love him for his glad heart and
sunny ...
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I have been reading some of Leigh Hunt's works lately , and am surprised at the
freshness , and sweetness , and Christian , not lax , spirit of human benevolence
and toleration which existed in the heart of one who was the contemporary , and
...
I have been reading some of Leigh Hunt's works lately , and am surprised at the
freshness , and sweetness , and Christian , not lax , spirit of human benevolence
and toleration which existed in the heart of one who was the contemporary , and
...
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... is as radiance through crystal , whose dwellings are laurel bowers , whose
language is poetry , whose inhabitants are congenial souls , and to enter the very
verge of whose atmosphere strikes beauty on the face , and felicity on the heart .
... is as radiance through crystal , whose dwellings are laurel bowers , whose
language is poetry , whose inhabitants are congenial souls , and to enter the very
verge of whose atmosphere strikes beauty on the face , and felicity on the heart .
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Clarinda , who his heart possess'd , And was his new - made bride , With head
reclin'd upon his breast Sat toying by his side . Stretch'd at his feet , in happy state
, A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd .
Clarinda , who his heart possess'd , And was his new - made bride , With head
reclin'd upon his breast Sat toying by his side . Stretch'd at his feet , in happy state
, A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd .
Page 50
Happy opinions are the wine of the heart . What if this world be an experiment ,
part of which consists in our own co - operation , that is to say , in trying how far
the inhabitants of it can acquire energy enough , and do credit enough , to the
first ...
Happy opinions are the wine of the heart . What if this world be an experiment ,
part of which consists in our own co - operation , that is to say , in trying how far
the inhabitants of it can acquire energy enough , and do credit enough , to the
first ...
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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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