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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... Nature without finding a smile upon it , if he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " - Boston Daily Advertiser . " A collection of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's genius and ...
... Nature without finding a smile upon it , if he looks there through the eyes of ' The Seer . ' " - Boston Daily Advertiser . " A collection of delicious essays , thoroughly imbued with the characteristics of the writer's genius and ...
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... natural as shaking hands with a friend . At that movement a hundred little sparkles fly up from the coal- dust that falls within , while from the masses themselves , a roaring flame mounts aloft with a deep and fitful sound as epithets ...
... natural as shaking hands with a friend . At that movement a hundred little sparkles fly up from the coal- dust that falls within , while from the masses themselves , a roaring flame mounts aloft with a deep and fitful sound as epithets ...
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... nature of one's con- cerns ; and occupation of any kind , if we pursue it prop- erly , will hinder us from paying a critical attention to the fireside . It is sufficient , if our employments do not take us away from it , or at least ...
... nature of one's con- cerns ; and occupation of any kind , if we pursue it prop- erly , will hinder us from paying a critical attention to the fireside . It is sufficient , if our employments do not take us away from it , or at least ...
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... nature and their works , and we shall see that they did ; and that , when we act naturally and think earnestly , we are reflecting their commonest habits to the life . Thus we have seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug ...
... nature and their works , and we shall see that they did ; and that , when we act naturally and think earnestly , we are reflecting their commonest habits to the life . Thus we have seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug ...
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... natural deficiency , is set down for a dull fellow , and treated with a sort of scornful resentment , for differing with the others . It is equally painful and amus- ing to see how the latter will look upon an honest fellow of this ...
... natural deficiency , is set down for a dull fellow , and treated with a sort of scornful resentment , for differing with the others . It is equally painful and amus- ing to see how the latter will look upon an honest fellow of this ...
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