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 139
We call her so from custom , but pari is the proper word ; and in the story above -
mentioned , it is so spelled . We shall here observe , that the French have often
misled us by their mode of spelling Eastern words . The translation of the ...
We call her so from custom , but pari is the proper word ; and in the story above -
mentioned , it is so spelled . We shall here observe , that the French have often
misled us by their mode of spelling Eastern words . The translation of the ...
Page 142
Pari is the female genius , beautiful and beneficent . D'Herbelot says there are
male Paries , and he gives the names of two of them , Dal Peri and Milan Schah
Peri , who were brothers of Merjan Peri , supposed to be the same as the
Western ...
Pari is the female genius , beautiful and beneficent . D'Herbelot says there are
male Paries , and he gives the names of two of them , Dal Peri and Milan Schah
Peri , who were brothers of Merjan Peri , supposed to be the same as the
Western ...
Page 146
As the fairy , Pari Banou , pronounced these last words with a different tone , and
looked at the same time tenderly on Prince Ahmed , with downcast eyes and a
modest blush on her cheeks , it was not difficult for the prince to comprehend
what ...
As the fairy , Pari Banou , pronounced these last words with a different tone , and
looked at the same time tenderly on Prince Ahmed , with downcast eyes and a
modest blush on her cheeks , it was not difficult for the prince to comprehend
what ...
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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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