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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Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the . qualities most admired or
feared during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were
owing the inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of
different ...
Hence , the heathen gods were reflections of the . qualities most admired or
feared during the times in which they originated ; and to the same cause were
owing the inconsistencies and the vices palmed upon them by the stories of
different ...
Page 53
Homer makes the gods of a mighty size . His Neptune goes a hundred miles at a
stride . This grandeur is of a questionable sort . Homer's men become little in
proportion as the gods become great ; and Mars and Minerva lording it over a
battle ...
Homer makes the gods of a mighty size . His Neptune goes a hundred miles at a
stride . This grandeur is of a questionable sort . Homer's men become little in
proportion as the gods become great ; and Mars and Minerva lording it over a
battle ...
Page 97
Of the same stock are the Tom Hickathrifts and Jack the Giant Killer , if , indeed ,
they be not the gods themselves , merged into the Christian children of their
former worshippers . Their horrible coats , caps of knowledge , swords of
sharpness ...
Of the same stock are the Tom Hickathrifts and Jack the Giant Killer , if , indeed ,
they be not the gods themselves , merged into the Christian children of their
former worshippers . Their horrible coats , caps of knowledge , swords of
sharpness ...
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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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