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 20
... observed , while everybody had the sight and benefit of the fire ; not to mention that , by this fashion , the table ... observe that , if you have a small set of visitors who enter into your feelings on this head , there is no movement ...
... observed , while everybody had the sight and benefit of the fire ; not to mention that , by this fashion , the table ... observe that , if you have a small set of visitors who enter into your feelings on this head , there is no movement ...
Page 29
... observed with the smallest effort is every trick and aspect of the fire ! A coal falling in , a fleettering fume , a miniature mockery of a flash of lightning , nothing escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame ...
... observed with the smallest effort is every trick and aspect of the fire ! A coal falling in , a fleettering fume , a miniature mockery of a flash of lightning , nothing escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little flame ...
Page 31
... observation . The fire , we see , is now stirred , and becomes very differ- ent from the one we have just left ; it puts on its liveliest aspect in order to welcome those to whom the tea - table is a point of meeting , and it is the ...
... observation . The fire , we see , is now stirred , and becomes very differ- ent from the one we have just left ; it puts on its liveliest aspect in order to welcome those to whom the tea - table is a point of meeting , and it is the ...
Page 44
... waits anxiously for the next observation . After a little silence , broken only by a hem or two , and by some- body's begging pardon of a gentleman next him for touch- ing his shoe , Mr. W. is addressed by a 44 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE .
... waits anxiously for the next observation . After a little silence , broken only by a hem or two , and by some- body's begging pardon of a gentleman next him for touch- ing his shoe , Mr. W. is addressed by a 44 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE .
Page 46
... observe a profound thinker of my acquaintance , when a good natured person of ordinary understanding has been present . He is reckoned severe , as it is called , in many of his opinions : and is thought particularly to overrate his ...
... observe a profound thinker of my acquaintance , when a good natured person of ordinary understanding has been present . He is reckoned severe , as it is called , in many of his opinions : and is thought particularly to overrate his ...
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