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
... because our skies are not hot enough to keep us in doors , we have no
excursiveness of wit and range of imagination . It seems to me that a great deal of
good argument in refutation of these calumnies has been wasted upon Monsieur
du ...
... because our skies are not hot enough to keep us in doors , we have no
excursiveness of wit and range of imagination . It seems to me that a great deal of
good argument in refutation of these calumnies has been wasted upon Monsieur
du ...
Page 29
A coal falling in , a fleettering fume , a miniature mockery of a flash of lightning , -
nothing 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
...
A coal falling in , a fleettering fume , a miniature mockery of a flash of lightning , -
nothing 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
...
Page 39
... for 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 jacko ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon
the ...
... for 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 jacko ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon
the ...
Page 50
... but as we are compelled to assume or conjecture something or other , unless
indeed we are deficient in the 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
...
... but as we are compelled to assume or conjecture something or other , unless
indeed we are deficient in the 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
...
Page 56
But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet Street and “ the
Vitre , ” though very good things , are not the only ones ; that these two young
friends lived in the imaginative , as well as the every - day world ; that the survivor
...
But he might have added that poetry itself is a passion ; that Fleet Street and “ the
Vitre , ” though very good things , are not the only ones ; that these two young
friends lived in the imaginative , as well as the every - day world ; that the survivor
...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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