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 17
... once : Then shine the bars , the cakes in smoke aspire , A sudden glory bursts from all the fire . The conscious wight , rejoicing in the heat , Rubs the blithe knees , and toasts th ' alternate feet . * The utility , as well as beauty ...
... once : Then shine the bars , the cakes in smoke aspire , A sudden glory bursts from all the fire . The conscious wight , rejoicing in the heat , Rubs the blithe knees , and toasts th ' alternate feet . * The utility , as well as beauty ...
Page 19
... once cut off from the company by the interposition of those invidious and idle surfaces called screens . This abuse is the more ridiculous , inasmuch as the remedy is so easy : for we have nothing to do but to use semicircular dining ...
... once cut off from the company by the interposition of those invidious and idle surfaces called screens . This abuse is the more ridiculous , inasmuch as the remedy is so easy : for we have nothing to do but to use semicircular dining ...
Page 20
... once ; the master or mistress might preside in the middle , as was the custom with the Romans , and thus propriety would be observed , while everybody had the sight and benefit of the fire ; not to mention that , by this fashion , the ...
... once ; the master or mistress might preside in the middle , as was the custom with the Romans , and thus propriety would be observed , while everybody had the sight and benefit of the fire ; not to mention that , by this fashion , the ...
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... 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 fireplaces , to ...
... 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 fireplaces , to ...
Page 25
... once constitute and contradict it . I am speaking , of course , not of our commonplace eaters and drinkers , but of our classical arbiters of pleasure , as contrasted with those of other countries ; these , it is observable , have all ...
... once constitute and contradict it . I am speaking , of course , not of our commonplace eaters and drinkers , but of our classical arbiters of pleasure , as contrasted with those of other countries ; these , it is observable , have all ...
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