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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Thus we have seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug
accommodations like the jolliest of our acquaintances ; and thus we may safely
imagine that Milton was in some such attitude as I have described , when he
sketched that ...
Thus we have seen Horace talking of his blazing hearth and snug
accommodations like the jolliest of our acquaintances ; and thus we may safely
imagine that Milton was in some such attitude as I have described , when he
sketched that ...
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into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is 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 pufiing as from a reed . The glowing
coals ...
into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is 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 pufiing as from a reed . The glowing
coals ...
Page 59
... though the term is not correct , for the Greeks were unacquainted with the word
genius . Their spirit was called a demon ; and we suspect that a further distinction
is to be drawn between the two words , for a reason which will be seen by and ...
... though the term is not correct , for the Greeks were unacquainted with the word
genius . Their spirit was called a demon ; and we suspect that a further distinction
is to be drawn between the two words , for a reason which will be seen by and ...
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The progress of knowledge , which humanizes everything , and enables our
fancies to pick and choose , has long rendered the . English fairy a harmless
being , rarely seen of eye and known quite as much , if not more , through the
pleasant ...
The progress of knowledge , which humanizes everything , and enables our
fancies to pick and choose , has long rendered the . English fairy a harmless
being , rarely seen of eye and known quite as much , if not more , through the
pleasant ...
Page 87
It is true that little shapes and shadows are seen in all countries ; but the general
tendency of fear is to magnify . Particular circumstances must have created a
spirit at once petty and formidable . We are of opinion with the author of the “
Fairy ...
It is true that little shapes and shadows are seen in all countries ; but the general
tendency of fear is to magnify . Particular circumstances must have created a
spirit at once petty and formidable . We are of opinion with the author of the “
Fairy ...
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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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