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
... earth and heaven . * Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the least respectable of our passions , -our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine part of Christianity that it ap- peals to love ...
... earth and heaven . * Unfortunately the grandest parts of all religions have hitherto appealed to the least respectable of our passions , -our fear . It is the beauty of the truly divine part of Christianity that it ap- peals to love ...
Page 62
... earth ; for de- mons , any more than angels , were not incapable of a little aberration . 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 ...
... earth ; for de- mons , any more than angels , were not incapable of a little aberration . 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 ...
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... earth is one of the planets . " The man is laughed at now who ventures to think such an established tenet improbable ... earth by ropes , was M. Pilâtre de Rozier ; and the first persons who quitted the earth entirely were the same De ...
... earth is one of the planets . " The man is laughed at now who ventures to think such an established tenet improbable ... earth by ropes , was M. Pilâtre de Rozier ; and the first persons who quitted the earth entirely were the same De ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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