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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... ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heav'n , they fabled , thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements . From morn To noon he fell ; -from noon to dewy eve , - A summer's day ...
... ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heav'n , they fabled , thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements . From morn To noon he fell ; -from noon to dewy eve , - A summer's day ...
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... ancient romances ) the forg- ers of enchanted armor , upon which neither swords nor conjurations could make any impression . They were pos- sessed of caverns full of treasure , entirely at their own disposal . This , to observe by the ...
... ancient romances ) the forg- ers of enchanted armor , upon which neither swords nor conjurations could make any impression . They were pos- sessed of caverns full of treasure , entirely at their own disposal . This , to observe by the ...
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... ancients , among the less philosophical companions of their mythology , had not chosen sometimes to mingle the two species ... ancient fountain . Here was the Marquis of Arethusa ! might be supposed to do ; but the turn of THE NYMPHS OF ...
... ancients , among the less philosophical companions of their mythology , had not chosen sometimes to mingle the two species ... ancient fountain . Here was the Marquis of Arethusa ! might be supposed to do ; but the turn of THE NYMPHS OF ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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