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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... 252 260 284 292 The True Enjoyment of Splendor • 299 Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein Aeronautics , Real and Fabulous . On the Talking of Nonsense A Rainy Day • • Retrospective Review - Men Wedded to Books - The Contest.
... 252 260 284 292 The True Enjoyment of Splendor • 299 Gog and Magog , and the Wall of Dhoulkarnein Aeronautics , Real and Fabulous . On the Talking of Nonsense A Rainy Day • • Retrospective Review - Men Wedded to Books - The Contest.
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... true , talks of the " bubbling and loud - hissing urn , " which " Throws up a steamy column ; " - its but there was something so primitive and unaffected , so warm - hearted and unpresuming , in the tea - kettle , song was so much more ...
... true , talks of the " bubbling and loud - hissing urn , " which " Throws up a steamy column ; " - its but there was something so primitive and unaffected , so warm - hearted and unpresuming , in the tea - kettle , song was so much more ...
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... true firesider can dislike an hour so composing to his thoughts , and so cherishing to his whole faculties ; and it is equally certain that he will be little inclined to protract the dinner beyond what he can help , for if ever a ...
... true firesider can dislike an hour so composing to his thoughts , and so cherishing to his whole faculties ; and it is equally certain that he will be little inclined to protract the dinner beyond what he can help , for if ever a ...
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... true , in his " Paradise Lost , " ex- presses an injudicious apprehension lest- " An age too late , or cold - Climate , or years , damp his intended wing ; " but the very complaint which foreign critics bring against him , as well as ...
... true , in his " Paradise Lost , " ex- presses an injudicious apprehension lest- " An age too late , or cold - Climate , or years , damp his intended wing ; " but the very complaint which foreign critics bring against him , as well as ...
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... true night - watches keep , That sacred peace may in assurance reigne , And timely sleep , since it is time to sleep , May pour his limbs forth on your pleasant plaine . " SPENSER'S Epithalamion . * In the new edition of " The Round ...
... true night - watches keep , That sacred peace may in assurance reigne , And timely sleep , since it is time to sleep , May pour his limbs forth on your pleasant plaine . " SPENSER'S Epithalamion . * In the new edition of " The Round ...
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