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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... to regulate his passions , and perfect his nature throughout ; in short , to teach
his soul , as the soul aspired to teach the body ; and what is remarkable , though
he could not supply fate itself , he is said to have supplied things fortuitous ; that ...
... to regulate his passions , and perfect his nature throughout ; in short , to teach
his soul , as the soul aspired to teach the body ; and what is remarkable , though
he could not supply fate itself , he is said to have supplied things fortuitous ; that ...
Page 214
able assembly , that in the wars of Spaine he saw a seamonster with the face and
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 ...
able assembly , that in the wars of Spaine he saw a seamonster with the face and
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 ...
Page 361
( It should be mentioned that the youth had been begging a respite from death , in
order to bury his prince's body ; otherwise the reader would see no reason at all
for his being spared ! ) “ Zerbino soon , his wrath decreasing , felt His manly soul
...
( It should be mentioned that the youth had been begging a respite from death , in
order to bury his prince's body ; otherwise the reader would see no reason at all
for his being spared ! ) “ Zerbino soon , his wrath decreasing , felt His manly soul
...
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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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