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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Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , Ilistory , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original VISS . of Leigh Ilunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , Ilistory , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original VISS . of Leigh Ilunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
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When these essays were collected into a volume , Leigh Hunt's initials were
printed at the end of " A Day by the Fire ; ” and Hazlitt , in the preface to this
original edition of “ The Round Table , ” says , “ out of the fifty - two numbers ,
twelve are ...
When these essays were collected into a volume , Leigh Hunt's initials were
printed at the end of " A Day by the Fire ; ” and Hazlitt , in the preface to this
original edition of “ The Round Table , ” says , “ out of the fifty - two numbers ,
twelve are ...
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dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches
of picturesque beauty , with the graces of sentiment and with the novelties of
original genius . ” Wharton says further , that “ poetry is not always unconnected
with ...
dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with unexpected touches
of picturesque beauty , with the graces of sentiment and with the novelties of
original genius . ” Wharton says further , that “ poetry is not always unconnected
with ...
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Whether the Lares were supposed to be of greater stature or not by the learned ,
it is not impossible that the constant sight of the little images generated a
corresponding notion of the originals . The best argument against the smallness
of these ...
Whether the Lares were supposed to be of greater stature or not by the learned ,
it is not impossible that the constant sight of the little images generated a
corresponding notion of the originals . The best argument against the smallness
of these ...
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We take the former of these incidents for granted , from the context , for we have
not seen the original . Dorylas appears sometimes to act in his own character ,
and sometimes in that of Oberon . In the former the following dialogue takes
place ...
We take the former of these incidents for granted , from the context , for we have
not seen the original . Dorylas appears sometimes to act in his own character ,
and sometimes in that of Oberon . In the former the following dialogue takes
place ...
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| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2019 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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