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 59
HE angelical or middle beings of the Greeks and Romans are called by the
common name of genii , though the term is not ... Greek philosophers , and the
contempt with which indiscreet members of it GENII OF THE GREEKS AND
ROMANS .
HE angelical or middle beings of the Greeks and Romans are called by the
common name of genii , though the term is not ... Greek philosophers , and the
contempt with which indiscreet members of it GENII OF THE GREEKS AND
ROMANS .
Page 141
All these words come from the Greek phaton , phatis , phao , to say , which
signifies also to express , to bring to light , and to appear ; and phaos signifies
light . Here is the union of speech and appearance , and thus from the single root
pha or ...
All these words come from the Greek phaton , phatis , phao , to say , which
signifies also to express , to bring to light , and to appear ; and phaos signifies
light . Here is the union of speech and appearance , and thus from the single root
pha or ...
Page 169
We will put the Greek first , both in justice to it , and because ( to own a whim of
ours ) the glimmering and thorny look of the Greek characters gives , in our eyes ,
something of a boskiness to one's pages . A page of a Greek pastoral is the next
...
We will put the Greek first , both in justice to it , and because ( to own a whim of
ours ) the glimmering and thorny look of the Greek characters gives , in our eyes ,
something of a boskiness to one's pages . A page of a Greek pastoral is the next
...
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Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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