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 58
... just impression , though exaggerated ; and that the Pythian organ , with all its
grandeur , does not roll such peals Of pomp and threatening harmony as those of
the old Gregorian chapels , and the mingling hierarchies of earth and heaven .
... just impression , though exaggerated ; and that the Pythian organ , with all its
grandeur , does not roll such peals Of pomp and threatening harmony as those of
the old Gregorian chapels , and the mingling hierarchies of earth and heaven .
Page 62
The supposed visits , for instance , of Jupiter down to earth , when he came — “
Now , like a ram , fair Helle to pervert , Now , like a bull , Europa to withdraw , "
proper side . were the work of those spirits about him , who may truly be called
the ...
The supposed visits , for instance , of Jupiter down to earth , when he came — “
Now , like a ram , fair Helle to pervert , Now , like a bull , Europa to withdraw , "
proper side . were the work of those spirits about him , who may truly be called
the ...
Page 274
And yet the banter of the most confident of us may be balked by observing that ,
two years after the publication of this book , he sent forth another , “ tending to
prove that it is probable our earth is one of the planets . " The man is laughed at
now ...
And yet the banter of the most confident of us may be balked by observing that ,
two years after the publication of this book , he sent forth another , “ tending to
prove that it is probable our earth is one of the planets . " The man is laughed at
now ...
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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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