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 51
... better to think it his will that they should bestir themselves to improve their own natures and the world ! How much better to think it consonant with his nature that they should help to drain the " vale of tears , as they call it ...
... better to think it his will that they should bestir themselves to improve their own natures and the world ! How much better to think it consonant with his nature that they should help to drain the " vale of tears , as they call it ...
Page 345
... better than this ? Must you stake wife , chil- dren , mistress , father and mother , friends , fortune , love , and all which all of them may bring you , at no higher price than the power of having it said you are a better man than the ...
... better than this ? Must you stake wife , chil- dren , mistress , father and mother , friends , fortune , love , and all which all of them may bring you , at no higher price than the power of having it said you are a better man than the ...
Page 367
... better purpose ; she evinced a taste for a companionship better than her own ( for we may suppose the count to have had no mean attractions that way ) ; and , " at all events , she did not mind going through pain and death , to secure ...
... better purpose ; she evinced a taste for a companionship better than her own ( for we may suppose the count to have had no mean attractions that way ) ; and , " at all events , she did not mind going through pain and death , to secure ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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