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
... Greek inspiration from a Latin fount . ON THE GENII OF THE GREEKS AND RO- MANS , AND THE SPIRIT THAT WAS SAID TO HAVE WAITED ON SOCRATES . HE angelical or middle beings of the Greeks and Romans are called by the common name of genii ...
... Greek inspiration from a Latin fount . ON THE GENII OF THE GREEKS AND RO- MANS , AND THE SPIRIT THAT WAS SAID TO HAVE WAITED ON SOCRATES . HE angelical or middle beings of the Greeks and Romans are called by the common name of genii ...
Page 141
... 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 fay may have ...
... 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 fay may have ...
Page 169
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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