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 13
... sometimes feel as if I had sent off a good , plain , faithful old friend , who had but one wish to serve me , for a superficial , smooth - faced upstart of a fel- low , who , after a little promising and vaporing , grows cold - * This ...
... sometimes feel as if I had sent off a good , plain , faithful old friend , who had but one wish to serve me , for a superficial , smooth - faced upstart of a fel- low , who , after a little promising and vaporing , grows cold - * This ...
Page 23
... sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) , sometimes of a mere elevation or altar ( the kσtia or čoxapa of the Greeks ) . We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have occasioned ...
... sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) , sometimes of a mere elevation or altar ( the kσtia or čoxapa of the Greeks ) . We may easily imagine the smoke and annoyance which this custom must have occasioned ...
Page 27
... sometimes meet , and by the fire Help waste a sullen day , - what may be won From the hard season gaining ? Time will run On smoother , till Favonius re - inspire The frozen earth , and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose , that ...
... sometimes meet , and by the fire Help waste a sullen day , - what may be won From the hard season gaining ? Time will run On smoother , till Favonius re - inspire The frozen earth , and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose , that ...
Page 29
... Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
... Sometimes a little flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE FIRE . 29.
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... sometimes lead me into great rashness in the article of poking ; that is to say , I use the poker at the top instead of the middle of the fire , and go probing it about in search of a flame . A lady of my acquaintance , " near and dear ...
... sometimes lead me into great rashness in the article of poking ; that is to say , I use the poker at the top instead of the middle of the fire , and go probing it about in search of a flame . A lady of my acquaintance , " near and dear ...
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