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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... Stories from the Italian Poets . ' is one of those studies in which he was always happy , for it keeps him chiefly in Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a sort of ...
... Stories from the Italian Poets . ' is one of those studies in which he was always happy , for it keeps him chiefly in Italy ; and when it takes him from Italy , it only brings him into the Italian air of English sonnetry , -a sort of ...
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... . Translation from Milton into Welsh • The Bull - Fight ; or , The Story of Don Alphonso de Melos and the Jeweller's Daughter . • Love and Will 302 315 319 • 326 331 334 343 353 A DAY BY THE FIRE . AM one of those 8 CONTENTS .
... . Translation from Milton into Welsh • The Bull - Fight ; or , The Story of Don Alphonso de Melos and the Jeweller's Daughter . • Love and Will 302 315 319 • 326 331 334 343 353 A DAY BY THE FIRE . AM one of those 8 CONTENTS .
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... stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon the wind , or the night - spirit on his horse that comes ...
... stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon the wind , or the night - spirit on his horse that comes ...
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... Story of Rimini . " The prolusion was originally published in the " Reflector , " with Hunt's well - known signature ,. It was afterwards re - printed in the " Examiner , " as one of " The Round Table " papers . When these essays were ...
... Story of Rimini . " The prolusion was originally published in the " Reflector , " with Hunt's well - known signature ,. It was afterwards re - printed in the " Examiner , " as one of " The Round Table " papers . When these essays were ...
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... stories of different ages and nations , whose gods became lumped together ; and hence the trouble that the philoso- pher had in endeavoring to reconcile the popular super- stitions with a theology more becoming . * Plutarch , who was a ...
... stories of different ages and nations , whose gods became lumped together ; and hence the trouble that the philoso- pher had in endeavoring to reconcile the popular super- stitions with a theology more becoming . * Plutarch , who was a ...
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