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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ON GIANTS , OGRES , AND CYCLOPS . T would be difficult to find an early
national history without a giant in it . Any thing great in its effects , and supposed
not to be very tender - hearted , was a giant . A violent set of neighbors were
giants .
ON GIANTS , OGRES , AND CYCLOPS . T would be difficult to find an early
national history without a giant in it . Any thing great in its effects , and supposed
not to be very tender - hearted , was a giant . A violent set of neighbors were
giants .
Page 232
Mr. Hole , " that a giant , in Arabic or Persian fables , is commonly a negro or
infidel Indian , as he is in our old ... Were the negroes authors , ” he pleasantly
adds , " they would probably characterize their giants by whiskers and turbans ;
or by ...
Mr. Hole , " that a giant , in Arabic or Persian fables , is commonly a negro or
infidel Indian , as he is in our old ... Were the negroes authors , ” he pleasantly
adds , " they would probably characterize their giants by whiskers and turbans ;
or by ...
Page 246
The giant , hearing him pour forth such evil , Ran in to arm him , like a very devil .
... The giant becomes a faithful servant , both of the knight and the church , and
after many enormous achievements , dies of the bite of a crab ; - an edifying
moral ...
The giant , hearing him pour forth such evil , Ran in to arm him , like a very devil .
... The giant becomes a faithful servant , both of the knight and the church , and
after many enormous achievements , dies of the bite of a crab ; - an edifying
moral ...
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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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| 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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