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 24
I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he sent to his acquaintances ,
telling one of them that a neat room and a sparkling fire were waiting for him ;
describing to another the smoke springing out of the roof in curling volumes , and
...
I need not quote all those beautiful little invitations he sent to his acquaintances ,
telling one of them that a neat room and a sparkling fire were waiting for him ;
describing to another the smoke springing out of the roof in curling volumes , and
...
Page 32
A lady of my acquaintance , “ near and dear , ” as they say in Parliament , -- will
tell me of this fault twenty times in a day , and every time so good - humoredly that
it is mere want of generosity in me not to amend it ; but somehow or other I do ...
A lady of my acquaintance , “ near and dear , ” as they say in Parliament , -- will
tell me of this fault twenty times in a day , and every time so good - humoredly that
it is mere want of generosity in me not to amend it ; but somehow or other I do ...
Page 55
Subordinate poets exercise no invention when they tell how a shepherd has lost
a companion , and must feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in
piping ; but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with ...
Subordinate poets exercise no invention when they tell how a shepherd has lost
a companion , and must feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in
piping ; but Milton dignifies and adorns these common artificial incidents with ...
Page 65
The spirit gave him intimations rather what to avoid than to do ; for the Platonists
tell us , that Socrates was led by his own nature to do what was right ; but out of
the fervor of his desire to do it , was liable to be mistaken in the For instance , he ...
The spirit gave him intimations rather what to avoid than to do ; for the Platonists
tell us , that Socrates was led by his own nature to do what was right ; but out of
the fervor of his desire to do it , was liable to be mistaken in the For instance , he ...
Page 70
As we have told the story before ( in the “ Indicator ” ) , * and it is little to tell , we
shall proceed to give the noblest passage ever written about demons , in the
scene out of Shakespeare . The spirit that appeared to Brutus has been variously
...
As we have told the story before ( in the “ Indicator ” ) , * and it is little to tell , we
shall proceed to give the noblest passage ever written about demons , in the
scene out of Shakespeare . The spirit that appeared to Brutus has been variously
...
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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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