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 15
... turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking attachment to com- fort in general . But of this as I proceed . Imprimis , then the morning is clear and cold ; time , half - past sev- en ; scene , a breakfast - room . Some persons , by the ...
... turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking attachment to com- fort in general . But of this as I proceed . Imprimis , then the morning is clear and cold ; time , half - past sev- en ; scene , a breakfast - room . Some persons , by the ...
Page 22
... turn the coldness of his climate into a new species of inspiration , as I shall pres- ently make manifest . Not to mention , however , that the Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular , saw a great deal worse weather than these critics ...
... turn the coldness of his climate into a new species of inspiration , as I shall pres- ently make manifest . Not to mention , however , that the Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular , saw a great deal worse weather than these critics ...
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... turns of which is plainly imitated from Horace , par- ticularly qualifies a strong invitation to merriment by an- ticipating what Horace would always drive from your reflections , the feelings of the day after : — - : " Cyriack , whose ...
... turns of which is plainly imitated from Horace , par- ticularly qualifies a strong invitation to merriment by an- ticipating what Horace would always drive from your reflections , the feelings of the day after : — - : " Cyriack , whose ...
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... springs off at once above the world , treads every turn of the harmonious spheres , darts up with gleaming wings through the sunshine of a thousand systems , and stops not till he has found a perfect paradise , whose 30 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
... springs off at once above the world , treads every turn of the harmonious spheres , darts up with gleaming wings through the sunshine of a thousand systems , and stops not till he has found a perfect paradise , whose 30 A DAY BY THE FIRE .
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... turns round : On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze ; From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide , And China's earth receives the smoking tide : At once they gratify the scent and taste , And ...
... turns round : On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze ; From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide , And China's earth receives the smoking tide : At once they gratify the scent and taste , And ...
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