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 214
... body like a man , but below the belly like a fish , brought thither from the farthest shores of Mauritania . It had an old countenance ; the hairs and beard rough and shaggy ; blew of colour ; and high of stature ; with finnes between ...
... body like a man , but below the belly like a fish , brought thither from the farthest shores of Mauritania . It had an old countenance ; the hairs and beard rough and shaggy ; blew of colour ; and high of stature ; with finnes between ...
Page 294
... bodies will make us bear the weather better , even mentally ; and the exercise of our minds will enable us to bear it with patient bodies in - doors , if we cannot go out . Above all , some people seem to think that they cannot have a ...
... bodies will make us bear the weather better , even mentally ; and the exercise of our minds will enable us to bear it with patient bodies in - doors , if we cannot go out . Above all , some people seem to think that they cannot have a ...
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... Bodies , were several Ladies who patched indifferently on both Sides of their Faces , and seemed to sit there with no other Intention but to see the Opera . Upon inquiry I found that the Body of the Amazons on my Right Hand , were Whigs ...
... Bodies , were several Ladies who patched indifferently on both Sides of their Faces , and seemed to sit there with no other Intention but to see the Opera . Upon inquiry I found that the Body of the Amazons on my Right Hand , were Whigs ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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