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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... speak to us in a book . EDWARD BULWER , LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and beauty . GEORGE L. CRAIK ...
... speak to us in a book . EDWARD BULWER , LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and beauty . GEORGE L. CRAIK ...
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... speaking , is not absolutely perfect , as I have latterly been convinced by a variety of incontestable argu- ments in the shape of headaches , rheumatisms , mote - haunt- ed eyes , and other logical appeals to one's feelings which are ...
... speaking , is not absolutely perfect , as I have latterly been convinced by a variety of incontestable argu- ments in the shape of headaches , rheumatisms , mote - haunt- ed eyes , and other logical appeals to one's feelings which are ...
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... speaking , of course , not of our commonplace eaters and drinkers , but of our classical arbiters of pleasure , as contrasted with those of other countries ; these , it is observable , have all delighted in Horace , and copied him as ...
... speaking , of course , not of our commonplace eaters and drinkers , but of our classical arbiters of pleasure , as contrasted with those of other countries ; these , it is observable , have all delighted in Horace , and copied him as ...
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... speak with- out absurdity and without blame . Plato , for instance , observing the moral imperfections of our planet , and not knowing how to account for them any more than we do ( for the first cause of evil is always left in the dark ) ...
... speak with- out absurdity and without blame . Plato , for instance , observing the moral imperfections of our planet , and not knowing how to account for them any more than we do ( for the first cause of evil is always left in the dark ) ...
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... speaking of the style of his fine poem , Hyperion , To that large utterance of the early gods ! But this was the modesty of a real poet . Milton him- self would have been happy to read his Hyperion aloud , and to have welcomed the new ...
... speaking of the style of his fine poem , Hyperion , To that large utterance of the early gods ! But this was the modesty of a real poet . Milton him- self would have been happy to read his Hyperion aloud , and to have welcomed the new ...
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