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
I have also a reflective turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking attachment to
comfort in general . But of this as I proceed . Imprimis , then : the morning is clear
and cold ; time , half - past seven ; scene , a breakfast - room . Some persons , by
...
I have also a reflective turn for an easy chair , and a very thinking attachment to
comfort in general . But of this as I proceed . Imprimis , then : the morning is clear
and cold ; time , half - past seven ; scene , a breakfast - room . Some persons , by
...
Page 22
damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
damped enough , - that it was too daring and unsubdued ; and he not only
avenges himself nobly of his fears by a flight beyond all Italian poetry , but shows
, like the rest of his countrymen , that he could turn the coldness of his climate into
a ...
Page 26
And Milton , in his “ Sonnet to Cyriack Skinner , ” one of the turns of which is
plainly imitated from Horace , particularly qualifies a strong invitation to merriment
by anticipating what Horace would always drive from your reflections , the
feelings ...
And Milton , in his “ Sonnet to Cyriack Skinner , ” one of the turns of which is
plainly imitated from Horace , particularly qualifies a strong invitation to merriment
by anticipating what Horace would always drive from your reflections , the
feelings ...
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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 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 a thousand systems
, and stops not till he has found a perfect paradise , whose 30 A DAY BY THE
FIRE .
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Then , if I wish to poeticize upon it at home , there is Belinda , with her sylphs ,
drinking it in such state as nothing but poetry can supply : “ For lo ! the board with
cups and poons is crown'd , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round : On ...
Then , if I wish to poeticize upon it at home , there is Belinda , with her sylphs ,
drinking it in such state as nothing but poetry can supply : “ For lo ! the board with
cups and poons is crown'd , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round : On ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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