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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... mind shows itself imbued with a rich knowledge of his subject , and this , illumined by the evidence of a thorough and unaffected liking for it , makes him irresistible . " - London Saturday Review . " As a collection of Sonnets , it is ...
... mind shows itself imbued with a rich knowledge of his subject , and this , illumined by the evidence of a thorough and unaffected liking for it , makes him irresistible . " - London Saturday Review . " As a collection of Sonnets , it is ...
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... mind of Leigh Hunt cease to speak to us in a book . EDWARD BULWER , LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and ...
... mind of Leigh Hunt cease to speak to us in a book . EDWARD BULWER , LORD LYTTON . Into whatever he has written he has put a living soul ; and much of what he has produced is brilliant either with wit and humor , or with tenderness and ...
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... mind ? Or whose discourse , with innocent delight , Shall fill me now , and cheat the wintry night , When hisses on my hearth the pulpy pear , And black'ning chestnut start and crackle there , While storms abroad the dreary meadows ...
... mind ? Or whose discourse , with innocent delight , Shall fill me now , and cheat the wintry night , When hisses on my hearth the pulpy pear , And black'ning chestnut start and crackle there , While storms abroad the dreary meadows ...
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... minds clogged with every - day earthliness ; but not useless , either as an exercise of the invention , or even as adding con- sciousness to the range and destiny of the soul . They will occupy us too , and steal us away from ourselves ...
... minds clogged with every - day earthliness ; but not useless , either as an exercise of the invention , or even as adding con- sciousness to the range and destiny of the soul . They will occupy us too , and steal us away from ourselves ...
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... mind , and an appearance , at least , of having ideas , whether they can afford them or not . Their minds endeavor to put on intelligent attitudes , just as their bodies do graceful ones ; and every one who , from conscious modesty , or ...
... mind , and an appearance , at least , of having ideas , whether they can afford them or not . Their minds endeavor to put on intelligent attitudes , just as their bodies do graceful ones ; and every one who , from conscious modesty , or ...
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