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 19
... latter age has given itself up , and which threatens to make the rising genera- tion regard a meal of repletion as the ultimatum of enjoy- ment . The inconvenience to which I allude is owing to the way in which we sit at dinner , for ...
... latter age has given itself up , and which threatens to make the rising genera- tion regard a meal of repletion as the ultimatum of enjoy- ment . The inconvenience to which I allude is owing to the way in which we sit at dinner , for ...
Page 43
... latter will look upon an honest fellow of this description , if they happen to find him in a com- pany where they think he has no business . On the first entrance of one of these intolerant men of wisdom , see , of course , a brilliant ...
... latter will look upon an honest fellow of this description , if they happen to find him in a com- pany where they think he has no business . On the first entrance of one of these intolerant men of wisdom , see , of course , a brilliant ...
Page 62
... latter had the honor of assisting demons , but were a separate class . Indeed , according to Plato , the word soul might as well have been put for man , in opposi- tion to spirit ; for he held that the human being was prop- erly a soul ...
... latter had the honor of assisting demons , but were a separate class . Indeed , according to Plato , the word soul might as well have been put for man , in opposi- tion to spirit ; for he held that the human being was prop- erly a soul ...
Page 69
... latter somehow or other , is generally admitted . It is not a little curious , that this is the only story of a good demon that has come down to us in the records of antiquity . Some philosophers had theirs long after- wards ; but these ...
... latter somehow or other , is generally admitted . It is not a little curious , that this is the only story of a good demon that has come down to us in the records of antiquity . Some philosophers had theirs long after- wards ; but these ...
Page 83
... latter dress in red or brown caps , which they have a great dread of los- ing , as they must not rest till they get another ; and the hill - folk among them are great enemies to noise . They keep their promises , because if they did not ...
... latter dress in red or brown caps , which they have a great dread of los- ing , as they must not rest till they get another ; and the hill - folk among them are great enemies to noise . They keep their promises , because if they did not ...
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