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 54
Vulcan , he says , was called Mammon in heaven , and was a fallen angel . But
he has another name for him better than either . Hear how he rolls the harmony of
his vowels . Nor was his name unheard , or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in ...
Vulcan , he says , was called Mammon in heaven , and was a fallen angel . But
he has another name for him better than either . Hear how he rolls the harmony of
his vowels . Nor was his name unheard , or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in ...
Page 60
Next to the gods came the demons , who partook of their divinity mixed with what
he called the soul of the world , and ministered round about them as well as on
earth ; in fact , were the angels of the Christian system but a little more allied to ...
Next to the gods came the demons , who partook of their divinity mixed with what
he called the soul of the world , and ministered round about them as well as on
earth ; in fact , were the angels of the Christian system but a little more allied to ...
Page 84
Cli* “ Robin Goodfellow , " says Warton , “ who is here made a gigantic spirit ,
fond of lying before the fire , and called the lubbar fiend , seems to be
confounded with the sleepy giant mentioned in Beaumont and Fletcher's ' Knight
of the Burning ...
Cli* “ Robin Goodfellow , " says Warton , “ who is here made a gigantic spirit ,
fond of lying before the fire , and called the lubbar fiend , seems to be
confounded with the sleepy giant mentioned in Beaumont and Fletcher's ' Knight
of the Burning ...
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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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