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 28
... seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug accommodations like the jol- liest of our acquaintances ; and thus we may safely imag- ine that Milton was in some such attitude as I have described , when he sketched that enchanting ...
... seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug accommodations like the jol- liest of our acquaintances ; and thus we may safely imag- ine that Milton was in some such attitude as I have described , when he sketched that enchanting ...
Page 30
... seen only by a light beneath the grate , or it curls around one of the bars like a tongue , or darts out with a spiral thinness and a sulphurous and continued puffing as from a reed . The glowing coals meantime exhibit the shifting ...
... seen only by a light beneath the grate , or it curls around one of the bars like a tongue , or darts out with a spiral thinness and a sulphurous and continued puffing as from a reed . The glowing coals meantime exhibit the shifting ...
Page 53
... seen , the less the dignity on either side was compromised ; for their effect might be as gigantic as possible . - 66 The truest grandeur is moral . When there is a heaven- quake because Jupiter has bent his brows ; — when Apollo comes ...
... seen , the less the dignity on either side was compromised ; for their effect might be as gigantic as possible . - 66 The truest grandeur is moral . When there is a heaven- quake because Jupiter has bent his brows ; — when Apollo comes ...
Page 59
... seen by and by . The ill sense in which demon is now taken , originated with the Fathers of the Church , who , assuming that a pagan intelligence must be a bad one , caused the word to become synonymous with devil . But there are few ...
... seen by and by . The ill sense in which demon is now taken , originated with the Fathers of the Church , who , assuming that a pagan intelligence must be a bad one , caused the word to become synonymous with devil . But there are few ...
Page 81
... seen of eye and known quite as much , if not more , through the pleasant fancies of the poets , than the earthier creed of the common people . In Germany , also , the fairy is said to have become a being almost entirely benevolent . But ...
... seen of eye and known quite as much , if not more , through the pleasant fancies of the poets , than the earthier creed of the common people . In Germany , also , the fairy is said to have become a being almost entirely benevolent . But ...
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