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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The Essay is printed for the first time , and it was written in Hunt's old age ; but it is
full of light - heartedness , and belongs in feeling to a period at least as carly as
that which produced the ' Stories from the Italian Poets . ' It is one of those ...
The Essay is printed for the first time , and it was written in Hunt's old age ; but it is
full of light - heartedness , and belongs in feeling to a period at least as carly as
that which produced the ' Stories from the Italian Poets . ' It is one of those ...
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... Pump Christmas Eve and Christmas Day New Year's Gifts 315 31 ) 326 Sale of
the late Mr. West's Pictures . 331 337 Translation from Milton into Welsh The Bull
- Fight : or . The Story of Don Alphonso che Melos and the Jeweller's Daughter .
... Pump Christmas Eve and Christmas Day New Year's Gifts 315 31 ) 326 Sale of
the late Mr. West's Pictures . 331 337 Translation from Milton into Welsh The Bull
- Fight : or . The Story of Don Alphonso che Melos and the Jeweller's Daughter .
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... for imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the
Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors
after rustics led astray by the jacko ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon
the ...
... for imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the
Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors
after rustics led astray by the jacko ' - lantern , or minute laughings heard upon
the ...
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They are the more silent part of companies , and generally the cided upon
internal evidence ; facts prove that the essay was written by the author of the “
Story of Rimini . ” The prolusion was originally published in the “ Reflector , " with
Hunt's ...
They are the more silent part of companies , and generally the cided upon
internal evidence ; facts prove that the essay was written by the author of the “
Story of Rimini . ” The prolusion was originally published in the “ Reflector , " with
Hunt's ...
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Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the qualities most admired or feared
during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were owing the
inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of different ...
Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the qualities most admired or feared
during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were owing the
inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of different ...
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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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