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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... original MSS . of Leigh Hunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and Sonneteers , with a Selection of Sonnets , by S. Adams Lee . In two volumes . 16mo . Cloth , gilt top . Price , $ 3.00 . " The genuine aroma of literature abounds in every ...
... original MSS . of Leigh Hunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and Sonneteers , with a Selection of Sonnets , by S. Adams Lee . In two volumes . 16mo . Cloth , gilt top . Price , $ 3.00 . " The genuine aroma of literature abounds in every ...
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... original edition of " The Round Table , " says , " out of the fifty - two numbers , twelve are Mr. Hunt's , with the signature , L. H. ” — ED . best behaved people at table . They are the best 42 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE . On Commonplace ...
... original edition of " The Round Table , " says , " out of the fifty - two numbers , twelve are Mr. Hunt's , with the signature , L. H. ” — ED . best behaved people at table . They are the best 42 ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE . On Commonplace ...
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... original genius . " Wharton says further , that " poetry is not always uncon- nected with passion , " and then gives an instance out of the poem where Milton speaks of the body of his lost friend . But he might have added that poetry ...
... original genius . " Wharton says further , that " poetry is not always uncon- nected with passion , " and then gives an instance out of the poem where Milton speaks of the body of his lost friend . But he might have added that poetry ...
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... originals . The best argument against the smallness of these divinities is , that there is no men- tion of it in books ; and yet the only passage we remem- ber to have met with , implying any determinate notion of stature , is in favor ...
... originals . The best argument against the smallness of these divinities is , that there is no men- tion of it in books ; and yet the only passage we remem- ber to have met with , implying any determinate notion of stature , is in favor ...
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... original . Dorylas appears some- times to act in his own character , and sometimes in that of Oberon . In the former the following dialogue takes place between him and his wittol , descriptive of A FAIRY'S JOINTURE . Thestylis . But ...
... original . Dorylas appears some- times to act in his own character , and sometimes in that of Oberon . In the former the following dialogue takes place between him and his wittol , descriptive of A FAIRY'S JOINTURE . Thestylis . But ...
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