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 34
... king who put his head into the tub , I am trans- ported into distant lands the moment I dip into the coffee- cup , - at one minute ranging the valleys with Sindbad , at another encountering the fairies on the wing by moonlight , at a ...
... king who put his head into the tub , I am trans- ported into distant lands the moment I dip into the coffee- cup , - at one minute ranging the valleys with Sindbad , at another encountering the fairies on the wing by moonlight , at a ...
Page 52
... king's table . A pretty girl served instead of a butler ; and the Muse played the part of a band . * When they came down to earth , they behaved like the party going home ; made love again after their fashion ; interfered in quarrels ...
... king's table . A pretty girl served instead of a butler ; and the Muse played the part of a band . * When they came down to earth , they behaved like the party going home ; made love again after their fashion ; interfered in quarrels ...
Page 64
... King's " Pantheon , " which was a translation from a Jesuit of the name of Pomey . It contains " in every page , an elaborate calumny , " says Mr. Baldwin , " upon the gods of the Greeks , and that in the coarsest thoughts and words ...
... King's " Pantheon , " which was a translation from a Jesuit of the name of Pomey . It contains " in every page , an elaborate calumny , " says Mr. Baldwin , " upon the gods of the Greeks , and that in the coarsest thoughts and words ...
Page 96
... king of the Fairies , made his appear- ance very early . He is the Elberich , or Rich Elf , of the Germans , and became Oberon , with a French termination , in the romance of " Huon de Bourdeaux . " The general reader is well acquainted ...
... king of the Fairies , made his appear- ance very early . He is the Elberich , or Rich Elf , of the Germans , and became Oberon , with a French termination , in the romance of " Huon de Bourdeaux . " The general reader is well acquainted ...
Page 99
... poem , we meet with Pluto and Proserpine as the King and Queen of Faerie ; where they sing and dance about a well , enjoying themselves in a garden , and quot- ing Solomon . The " ladies " that wait upon FAIRIES . 99.
... poem , we meet with Pluto and Proserpine as the King and Queen of Faerie ; where they sing and dance about a well , enjoying themselves in a garden , and quot- ing Solomon . The " ladies " that wait upon FAIRIES . 99.
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