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 251
... head , and to set it upon a truncheon of a spear , and bear it to Sir Howel , and tell him that his enemy is slain ; and after let his head be bound to a barbican , that all the people may see and behold it ; and go ye two to the ...
... head , and to set it upon a truncheon of a spear , and bear it to Sir Howel , and tell him that his enemy is slain ; and after let his head be bound to a barbican , that all the people may see and behold it ; and go ye two to the ...
Page 304
... head of our paper come over us again . It has been said of fond students that they were " wedded to their books ... head , A twenty books , clothed in black or red , Of Aristotle and his philosophy , Than robes rich , or fiddle , or ...
... head of our paper come over us again . It has been said of fond students that they were " wedded to their books ... head , A twenty books , clothed in black or red , Of Aristotle and his philosophy , Than robes rich , or fiddle , or ...
Page 350
... heads , and scarfs of different colors round the body , have ridden round the lists a quarter of an hour ago , to salute ... head . He gal- lops , amidst cries of men and women , franticly around the square , like a racer , following and ...
... heads , and scarfs of different colors round the body , have ridden round the lists a quarter of an hour ago , to salute ... head . He gal- lops , amidst cries of men and women , franticly around the square , like a racer , following and ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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