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
... falling star On Lemnos th ' Ęgean Isle . Thus they relate , Erring . PAR . LOST , Book 1 . " Not more than you did ... fall from a state of perfect holiness and bliss , which was impossible . " " Brother , brother , " Milton might have ...
... falling star On Lemnos th ' Ęgean Isle . Thus they relate , Erring . PAR . LOST , Book 1 . " Not more than you did ... fall from a state of perfect holiness and bliss , which was impossible . " " Brother , brother , " Milton might have ...
Page 312
... fall ) A full - mouth'd diapason swallows all . This done , he lists what she would say to this , And she , although ... Falling upon his lute ; O fit to have ( That liv'd so sweetly ) dead , so sweet a grave ! This exquisite story has ...
... fall ) A full - mouth'd diapason swallows all . This done , he lists what she would say to this , And she , although ... Falling upon his lute ; O fit to have ( That liv'd so sweetly ) dead , so sweet a grave ! This exquisite story has ...
Page 355
... falling foul of the Tories ; which in a gentleman so ab- sorbed in the belle passion as Mr. Myrtle , was certainly not so well , and must have frightened such of his fair readers as patched their cheeks on the Tory side , and could only ...
... falling foul of the Tories ; which in a gentleman so ab- sorbed in the belle passion as Mr. Myrtle , was certainly not so well , and must have frightened such of his fair readers as patched their cheeks on the Tory side , and could only ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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