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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Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , History , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original MSS . of Leigh Hunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , History , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original MSS . of Leigh Hunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
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Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her face assumes
a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young
Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper ...
Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her face assumes
a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young
Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper ...
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... which it becomes it to resent ; and finally , its beauties , its proffered kindness ,
and its sprightly social effect are at once cut off from the company by the
interposition of those invidious and idle surfaces called This abuse is the more
ridiculous ...
... which it becomes it to resent ; and finally , its beauties , its proffered kindness ,
and its sprightly social effect are at once cut off from the company by the
interposition of those invidious and idle surfaces called This abuse is the more
ridiculous ...
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Far be it , however , from a rational firesider not to make exceptions to the rule ,
when friends have been long asunder , or when some domestic celebration has
called them together , or even when hours peculiarly congenial render it difficult
to ...
Far be it , however , from a rational firesider not to make exceptions to the rule ,
when friends have been long asunder , or when some domestic celebration has
called them together , or even when hours peculiarly congenial render it difficult
to ...
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It is a name by which the others are very commonly known ; though they might
rather be called persons of simple common sense , and , in fact , have just
enough of that valuable quality to inspire them with the very quietness which
brings them ...
It is a name by which the others are very commonly known ; though they might
rather be called persons of simple common sense , and , in fact , have just
enough of that valuable quality to inspire them with the very quietness which
brings them ...
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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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