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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... leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes us read every book of his we open , and which leaves us more his friend at ...
... leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes us read every book of his we open , and which leaves us more his friend at ...
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... leaves off its " bubbling and hissing , ” — but then there is such an air with it ! My tea is made of cold water , - but then , the Greeks were such a nation ! - - - " " If there is any one thing that can reconcile me to the loss of my ...
... leaves off its " bubbling and hissing , ” — but then there is such an air with it ! My tea is made of cold water , - but then , the Greeks were such a nation ! - - - " " If there is any one thing that can reconcile me to the loss of my ...
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... leave at once of these frigid connoisseurs , hear with what rapture he describes one of those friendly parties , in which he passed his winter even- ings , and which only wanted the finish of our better mor- ality and our patent ...
... leave at once of these frigid connoisseurs , hear with what rapture he describes one of those friendly parties , in which he passed his winter even- ings , and which only wanted the finish of our better mor- ality and our patent ...
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... leaves , their sweet abode , And their trew loves without suspicion tell abrode . We are then presented with one of his arbors , of which he was the cunningest builder in all fairy - land . The pres- ent one belongs to Venus and Adonis ...
... leaves , their sweet abode , And their trew loves without suspicion tell abrode . We are then presented with one of his arbors , of which he was the cunningest builder in all fairy - land . The pres- ent one belongs to Venus and Adonis ...
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... leaves , or tassel'd horn Shakes the high thicket , haste I all about , Number my ranks , and visit every sprout With puissant words , and murmurs made to bless . But else in deep of night , when drowsiness Hath lock'd up mortal sense ...
... leaves , or tassel'd horn Shakes the high thicket , haste I all about , Number my ranks , and visit every sprout With puissant words , and murmurs made to bless . But else in deep of night , when drowsiness Hath lock'd up mortal sense ...
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