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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He loves everything , he catches the sunny side of everything , and , excepting
that he has a few polemical antipathies , finds everything beautiful . HENRY
CRABB ROBINSON . He is , in truth , one of the pleasantest writers of his time , -
easy ...
He loves everything , he catches the sunny side of everything , and , excepting
that he has a few polemical antipathies , finds everything beautiful . HENRY
CRABB ROBINSON . He is , in truth , one of the pleasantest writers of his time , -
easy ...
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He was reading a minute or two ago , and for some time was unconscious of the
increasing dusk , till , on looking up , he perceived the objects out of doors
deepening into massy outline , while the sides of his fireplace began to reflect the
light ...
He was reading a minute or two ago , and for some time was unconscious of the
increasing dusk , till , on looking up , he perceived the objects out of doors
deepening into massy outline , while the sides of his fireplace began to reflect the
light ...
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Clarinda , who his heart possess'd , And was his new - made bride , With head
reclin'd upon his breast Sat toying by his side . Stretch'd at his feet , in happy state
, A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd .
Clarinda , who his heart possess'd , And was his new - made bride , With head
reclin'd upon his breast Sat toying by his side . Stretch'd at his feet , in happy state
, A fav'rite dog was laid , By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd .
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... and are not aware , in either case , how much they are exposing the
deficiencies on their own side . Not only , however , do they get into this dilemma
, but what is more , they are lowering their respectability beneath that of the
dullest person ...
... and are not aware , in either case , how much they are exposing the
deficiencies on their own side . Not only , however , do they get into this dilemma
, but what is more , they are lowering their respectability beneath that of the
dullest person ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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