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 19
This , however , is certain , that no 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 ...
This , however , is certain , that no 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 ...
Page 20
use semicircular dining - tables , with the base unoccupied towards the fireplace ,
and the whole annoyance vanishes at once ; the master or mistress might
preside in the middle , as was the custom with the Romans , and thus propriety
would ...
use semicircular dining - tables , with the base unoccupied towards the fireplace ,
and the whole annoyance vanishes at once ; the master or mistress might
preside in the middle , as was the custom with the Romans , and thus propriety
would ...
Page 39
Even when left alone , there is sometimes a charm in watching out the decaying
fire , — in getting closer and closer to it with tilted chair and knees against the
bars , and letting the whole multitude of fancies , that work in the night silence ,
come ...
Even when left alone , there is sometimes a charm in watching out the decaying
fire , — in getting closer and closer to it with tilted chair and knees against the
bars , and letting the whole multitude of fancies , that work in the night silence ,
come ...
Page 40
Presently the whole band of fairies , ancient and modern , the demons , sylphs ,
gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside ,
the salamanders , lol - lie - ly - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvil , come flitting ...
Presently the whole band of fairies , ancient and modern , the demons , sylphs ,
gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside ,
the salamanders , lol - lie - ly - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvil , come flitting ...
Page 49
The mystery of the permission of evil still remained ; the mystery of imperfection
and of cause itself was only thrown back ; and in fact the invention of the
Demiurgus was merely shifting the whole mystery of Deity from a first cause 4
HEATHEN ...
The mystery of the permission of evil still remained ; the mystery of imperfection
and of cause itself was only thrown back ; and in fact the invention of the
Demiurgus was merely shifting the whole mystery of Deity from a first cause 4
HEATHEN ...
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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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