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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It is one of those studies in which he was always happy , for it keeps him chietly in
Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of
English sonnetry , -a sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the ruggeder native
...
It is one of those studies in which he was always happy , for it keeps him chietly in
Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of
English sonnetry , -a sort of soft Devonshire coast , bordering the ruggeder native
...
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common visitor be inconsiderate enough , on an ordinary occasion , to sit beyond
all reasonable hour , it must be reckoned as a fatality , as an ignorance of men
and things , against which you cannot possibly provide : as a sort of visitation ...
common visitor be inconsiderate enough , on an ordinary occasion , to sit beyond
all reasonable hour , it must be reckoned as a fatality , as an ignorance of men
and things , against which you cannot possibly provide : as a sort of visitation ...
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A GREEABLY to our chivalrous , as well as domestic , character , and in order to
show further in what sort of spirit we shall hereafter confer blame and praise ,
whom we shall cut up for the benefit of humanity , and to whom apply our healing
...
A GREEABLY to our chivalrous , as well as domestic , character , and in order to
show further in what sort of spirit we shall hereafter confer blame and praise ,
whom we shall cut up for the benefit of humanity , and to whom apply our healing
...
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... who , from conscious modesty , or from not thinking about the matter , does not
play the same monkey tricks with his natural deficiency , is set down for a dull
fellow , and treated with a sort of scornful resentment , for differing with the others
.
... who , from conscious modesty , or from not thinking about the matter , does not
play the same monkey tricks with his natural deficiency , is set down for a dull
fellow , and treated with a sort of scornful resentment , for differing with the others
.
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... god of in barbarous times , and till mankind learn the perniciousness of that
sort of apotheosis . An Eastern writer says that Pharaoh wished to pass for a
divinity with his subjects , and had frequent conversation with the devil for that
purpose .
... god of in barbarous times , and till mankind learn the perniciousness of that
sort of apotheosis . An Eastern writer says that Pharaoh wished to pass for a
divinity with his subjects , and had frequent conversation with the devil for that
purpose .
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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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