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 54
Brother , brother , ” Milton might have said , glancing at the author of the “
Beggar's Opera , " " we were both in the wrong ; except when you were painting
Helen and Andromache , or sending your verses forward like a devouring fire . ” “
Or you ...
Brother , brother , ” Milton might have said , glancing at the author of the “
Beggar's Opera , " " we were both in the wrong ; except when you were painting
Helen and Andromache , or sending your verses forward like a devouring fire . ” “
Or you ...
Page 55
No heathen paradise , according to Milton , could compare with his ; yet in saying
so , he lingers so fondly among the illegal shades that it is doubtful which he
prefers . Not that fair field Of Enna , where Proserpine , gathering flowers , Herself
a ...
No heathen paradise , according to Milton , could compare with his ; yet in saying
so , he lingers so fondly among the illegal shades that it is doubtful which he
prefers . Not that fair field Of Enna , where Proserpine , gathering flowers , Herself
a ...
Page 342
... beneath the British Mars ! Perhaps considering what a proud patriot Milton was
, notwithstanding all his cosmopolitical qualities , it affords some additional
explanation to this British part of his enthusiasm 342 TRANSLATION FROM
MILTON .
... beneath the British Mars ! Perhaps considering what a proud patriot Milton was
, notwithstanding all his cosmopolitical qualities , it affords some additional
explanation to this British part of his enthusiasm 342 TRANSLATION FROM
MILTON .
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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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