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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... LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and beauty . GEORGE L. CRAIK . Leigh Hunt seems the very opposite of ...
... LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and beauty . GEORGE L. CRAIK . Leigh Hunt seems the very opposite of ...
Page 71
... lord . Bru . Good night , good brother . Titinius and Messala . Good night , lord Brutus . Bru . Farewell , every one . Re - enter LUCIUS with the [ Exeunt Cas . , Tit . , and Mes . gown . Give me the gown . Where is thy instrument ...
... lord . Bru . Good night , good brother . Titinius and Messala . Good night , lord Brutus . Bru . Farewell , every one . Re - enter LUCIUS with the [ Exeunt Cas . , Tit . , and Mes . gown . Give me the gown . Where is thy instrument ...
Page 72
... lord , an it please you . Bru . It does , my boy . I trouble thee too much , but thou art willing . Luc . It is my duty , sir . Bru . I should not urge thy duty past thy might ; I know young bloods look for a time of rest . Luc . I have ...
... lord , an it please you . Bru . It does , my boy . I trouble thee too much , but thou art willing . Luc . It is my duty , sir . Bru . I should not urge thy duty past thy might ; I know young bloods look for a time of rest . Luc . I have ...
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... lord ? - Bru . Didst thou dream that thou so cry'dst out ? Luc . My lord , I do not know that I did cry . Bru . Yes , that thou didst ; didst thou see any thing ? Luc . Nothing , my lord . Bru . Sleep again , Lucius . —Sirrah , Claudius ...
... lord ? - Bru . Didst thou dream that thou so cry'dst out ? Luc . My lord , I do not know that I did cry . Bru . Yes , that thou didst ; didst thou see any thing ? Luc . Nothing , my lord . Bru . Sleep again , Lucius . —Sirrah , Claudius ...
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... lords of the creation ; when a gigantic half - human phenomenon of a beast put his crown on with what was only a hand by courtesy ; and elephants and leviathans conversed under a sky in which it was always twilight . Very grand fictions ...
... lords of the creation ; when a gigantic half - human phenomenon of a beast put his crown on with what was only a hand by courtesy ; and elephants and leviathans conversed under a sky in which it was always twilight . Very grand fictions ...
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