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 17
... stands at once in your hand , and looks as if it said , “ Come read me . " Nor is it
the look of the newspaper only which the fire must render complete : it is the
interest of the ladies who may happen to form part of your family , - of your wife in
...
... stands at once in your hand , and looks as if it said , “ Come read me . " Nor is it
the look of the newspaper only which the fire must render complete : it is the
interest of the ladies who may happen to form part of your family , - of your wife in
...
Page 107
First , rehearse this song by rote , To each word a warbling note , Hand in hand ,
with fairy grace , Will we sing , and bless this place . SONG AND DANCE .
Oberon . Now , until the break of day , Through this house each fairy stray . To the
best ...
First , rehearse this song by rote , To each word a warbling note , Hand in hand ,
with fairy grace , Will we sing , and bless this place . SONG AND DANCE .
Oberon . Now , until the break of day , Through this house each fairy stray . To the
best ...
Page 234
When Juno , Neptune , and Minerva conspired to dethrone Jupiter , Briareus
went up into heaven , and seating himself on his right hand , looked so very
shocking that the deities were fain to desist . There is a confusion of the giants
with the ...
When Juno , Neptune , and Minerva conspired to dethrone Jupiter , Briareus
went up into heaven , and seating himself on his right hand , looked so very
shocking that the deities were fain to desist . There is a confusion of the giants
with the ...
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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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