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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... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
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Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , Ilistory , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original VISS . of Leigh Ilunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
Comprising an Essay on the Cultivation , Ilistory , and Varieties of the species of
poem called the Sonnet , with a Selection of English Sonnets , now first published
from the original VISS . of Leigh Ilunt . An Essay on American Sonnets and ...
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59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 Genii and Fairies of the
East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155
The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the ...
59 On the Genii of Antiquity and the Poets . 70 Fairies 81 Genii and Fairies of the
East , the Arabian Nights , & c . 124 The Satyr of Mythology and the Poets 155
The Nymphs of Antiquity and of the Poets . 170 The Sirens and Mermaids of the ...
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I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I
think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black -
puddings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my
feelings ...
I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I
think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black -
puddings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my
feelings ...
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Not to mention , however , that the Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular ,
saw a great deal worse weather than these critics would have us imayine ; the
question is , would the poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would
Tyrtæus ...
Not to mention , however , that the Greeks and Romans , Homer in particular ,
saw a great deal worse weather than these critics would have us imayine ; the
question is , would the poets themselves have thought as they did ? Would
Tyrtæus ...
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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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