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 21
... imagination . It seems to me that a great deal of good argument in refutation of these calum- nies has been wasted upon Monsieur du Bos and the Herr Winckelman : the one a narrow - minded , pedantic French- man , to whom the freedom of ...
... imagination . It seems to me that a great deal of good argument in refutation of these calum- nies has been wasted upon Monsieur du Bos and the Herr Winckelman : the one a narrow - minded , pedantic French- man , to whom the freedom of ...
Page 29
... escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
... escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
Page 39
... imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings ...
... imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings ...
Page 50
... imaginative part of our nature , it is best to assume the best candidly , and acknowledge it to be an assumption in order that we may do the utmost we can . Happy opinions are the wine of the heart . What if this world be an ex ...
... imaginative part of our nature , it is best to assume the best candidly , and acknowledge it to be an assumption in order that we may do the utmost we can . Happy opinions are the wine of the heart . What if this world be an ex ...
Page 56
... imaginative , as well as the every - day world ; that the survivor most probably missed the com- panion of his studies more on the banks of the Arethuse and the Mincius , than he did in the college grounds ; in short , that there is a ...
... imaginative , as well as the every - day world ; that the survivor most probably missed the com- panion of his studies more on the banks of the Arethuse and the Mincius , than he did in the college grounds ; in short , that there is a ...
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