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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... The Nightmare ; The FlorFlying Woman ; English and French entine Lovers ;
Rhyme and Reason ; Females ; English Male Costume ; Vicissitudes of a Lecture
; The ForEnglish Women Vindicated ; Sunday tunes of Genius ; Poets ' Houses ...
... The Nightmare ; The FlorFlying Woman ; English and French entine Lovers ;
Rhyme and Reason ; Females ; English Male Costume ; Vicissitudes of a Lecture
; The ForEnglish Women Vindicated ; Sunday tunes of Genius ; Poets ' Houses ...
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If there is any intelligent person who professes not to like Leigh Hunt , it is
probably for precisely the same reason that Charles Lamb professed not to like
the W - S , — because he did not know them . For Leigh Hunt is one of the most ...
If there is any intelligent person who professes not to like Leigh Hunt , it is
probably for precisely the same reason that Charles Lamb professed not to like
the W - S , — because he did not know them . For Leigh Hunt is one of the most ...
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It is part of my business to look about for helps to reflection ; and , for this reason ,
among many others , I indulge myself in keeping a good fire from morning till
night . I have also a reflective turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking
attachment ...
It is part of my business to look about for helps to reflection ; and , for this reason ,
among many others , I indulge myself in keeping a good fire from morning till
night . I have also a reflective turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking
attachment ...
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The reason is that he pierces deeper into the nature of the human being beside
him , can make his very deficiencies subservient to his own speculations , and ,
above all , knows that there is something worth all the knowledge upon earth ...
The reason is that he pierces deeper into the nature of the human being beside
him , can make his very deficiencies subservient to his own speculations , and ,
above all , knows that there is something worth all the knowledge upon earth ...
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The reason is , ” replied the devil , “ that you have not hitherto been quite bad
enough : at length you have become intolerable , and there is no alternative
between a revolt of your subjects , and their belief in your being a god . Once
persuade ...
The reason is , ” replied the devil , “ that you have not hitherto been quite bad
enough : at length you have become intolerable , and there is no alternative
between a revolt of your subjects , and their belief in your being a god . Once
persuade ...
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