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 44
... hear the cele- brated person open his mouth , and is at length gratified ; but not hearing very distinctly , asks his next neighbor , in a serious and earnest whisper , what it was . " Pray , sir , what was it that Mr. W. said ? " " He ...
... hear the cele- brated person open his mouth , and is at length gratified ; but not hearing very distinctly , asks his next neighbor , in a serious and earnest whisper , what it was . " Pray , sir , what was it that Mr. W. said ? " " He ...
Page 54
... Hear how he rolls the harmony of his vowels . Nor was his name unheard , or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heav'n , they fabled , thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the ...
... Hear how he rolls the harmony of his vowels . Nor was his name unheard , or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heav'n , they fabled , thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the ...
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... Hear the verse of another : — " Yestreen when to the trembling string , The dance gaed through the lighted ha ' , To thee my fancy took its wing , I sat , but neither heard nor saw . Though this was fair and that was braw , And you the ...
... Hear the verse of another : — " Yestreen when to the trembling string , The dance gaed through the lighted ha ' , To thee my fancy took its wing , I sat , but neither heard nor saw . Though this was fair and that was braw , And you the ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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