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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A lady of my acquaintance , “ near and dear , ” as they say in Parliament , -- will
tell me of this fault twenty times in a day , and every time so good - humoredly that
it is mere want of generosity in me not to amend it ; but somehow or other I do ...
A lady of my acquaintance , “ near and dear , ” as they say in Parliament , -- will
tell me of this fault twenty times in a day , and every time so good - humoredly that
it is mere want of generosity in me not to amend it ; but somehow or other I do ...
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If there is music , a good fire will be particularly grateful to the performers , who
are often seated at the farther end of the room ; for it is really shameful that a lady
who is charming us all with her voice , or firing us , at the harp or piano , with the ...
If there is music , a good fire will be particularly grateful to the performers , who
are often seated at the farther end of the room ; for it is really shameful that a lady
who is charming us all with her voice , or firing us , at the harp or piano , with the ...
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They are the best of dumb waiters near the lady of the house . They are always at
leisure to help you to good things , if not to say them . They will supply your
absence of mind for you while you are talking , and believe you are taking sugar
for ...
They are the best of dumb waiters near the lady of the house . They are always at
leisure to help you to good things , if not to say them . They will supply your
absence of mind for you while you are talking , and believe you are taking sugar
for ...
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A lady who had resisted the violence of his virtue , was not to be believed
whenever she spoke the truth ; or your brother became an owl or a flint - stone ;
or your son was to become a criminal , or a macman , because his grandfather ...
A lady who had resisted the violence of his virtue , was not to be believed
whenever she spoke the truth ; or your brother became an owl or a flint - stone ;
or your son was to become a criminal , or a macman , because his grandfather ...
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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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