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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... son was to become a criminal , or a madman , because his grandfather
unwittingly married against the god's consent . ... they saw how much kings were
given to those kinds of peccadilloes ; and therefore , if they could have become
gods ...
... son was to become a criminal , or a madman , because his grandfather
unwittingly married against the god's consent . ... they saw how much kings were
given to those kinds of peccadilloes ; and therefore , if they could have become
gods ...
Page 53
Homer's men become little in proportion as the gods become great ; and Mars
and Minerva lording it over a battle , are like giants “ tempesting ” among a parcel
of mice . The less they were seen , the less the dignity on either side was ...
Homer's men become little in proportion as the gods become great ; and Mars
and Minerva lording it over a battle , are like giants “ tempesting ” among a parcel
of mice . The less they were seen , the less the dignity on either side was ...
Page 59
He that would run the whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must
become intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer ,
Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures
of ...
He that would run the whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must
become intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer ,
Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures
of ...
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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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