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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... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
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... chivalric devotion ; and in the Essay in this Book of the Sonnet ' her aspect is as
sunny as any the poet has ever shown ... the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a
sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the ruggeder native poetry on the south .
... chivalric devotion ; and in the Essay in this Book of the Sonnet ' her aspect is as
sunny as any the poet has ever shown ... the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a
sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the ruggeder native poetry on the south .
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59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 Genii and Fairies of the
East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155
The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the ...
59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 Genii and Fairies of the
East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155
The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the ...
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damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
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... Italian genius ; but Count Alfieri , a poet , at least as warmly inclined as Ariosto ,
delighted in England ; and the great romancer himself , in another of his satires ,
makes a commodious fireplace the climax of his wishes with regard to lodging .
... Italian genius ; but Count Alfieri , a poet , at least as warmly inclined as Ariosto ,
delighted in England ; and the great romancer himself , in another of his satires ,
makes a commodious fireplace the climax of his wishes with regard to lodging .
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