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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... made to think her a gentle liege - lady , served in the airiest spirit of chivalric
devotion ; and in the Essay in this Book of the Sonnet ' her aspect is as sunny as
any the poet has ever shown us . “ The Essay is printed for the first time , and it
was ...
... made to think her a gentle liege - lady , served in the airiest spirit of chivalric
devotion ; and in the Essay in this Book of the Sonnet ' her aspect is as sunny as
any the poet has ever shown us . “ The Essay is printed for the first time , and it
was ...
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Nor is it the look of the newspaper only which the fire must render complete : it is
the interest of the ladies who may happen to form part of your family , - of your
wife in particular , if you have one , to avoid the niggling and pinching aspect of ...
Nor is it the look of the newspaper only which the fire must render complete : it is
the interest of the ladies who may happen to form part of your family , - of your
wife in particular , if you have one , to avoid the niggling and pinching aspect of ...
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... by putting an end to the barbarous custom of sending away the ladies after
dinner , -a gross violation of those chivalrous graces of life , for which modern
times are so highly indebted to the persons whom they are pleased to term
Gothic .
... by putting an end to the barbarous custom of sending away the ladies after
dinner , -a gross violation of those chivalrous graces of life , for which modern
times are so highly indebted to the persons whom they are pleased to term
Gothic .
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The minstralcie , the service at the feste , The grete yeftes to the most and leste ,
The riche array of Theseus ' paleis , Ne who sate first , ne last upon the deis ,
What ladies sairest ben , or best dancing , Or which of hem can carole best or
sing ...
The minstralcie , the service at the feste , The grete yeftes to the most and leste ,
The riche array of Theseus ' paleis , Ne who sate first , ne last upon the deis ,
What ladies sairest ben , or best dancing , Or which of hem can carole best or
sing ...
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We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have
occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging
over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish ladies bear melancholy witness .
We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have
occasioned , not to mention the bad complexions which are caught by hanging
over a fuming - pan , as the faces of the Spanish ladies bear melancholy witness .
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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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