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 115
... heard small pipes playing , as if no bigger than hollow rushes that whisper to the night winds ; and more piteous than aught that trills from earthly instrument was the scarce audible dirge ! It seemed to float over the stream , every ...
... heard small pipes playing , as if no bigger than hollow rushes that whisper to the night winds ; and more piteous than aught that trills from earthly instrument was the scarce audible dirge ! It seemed to float over the stream , every ...
Page 148
... heard . When they were set down to table , the fairy , Pari Banou , took care to help Prince Ahmed to the most delicious meats , which she named as she invited him to eat of them , and which the prince had never heard of , but found so ...
... heard . When they were set down to table , the fairy , Pari Banou , took care to help Prince Ahmed to the most delicious meats , which she named as she invited him to eat of them , and which the prince had never heard of , but found so ...
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... heard a noise high up in the balloon , which made me fear it had burst . I looked up , and saw nothing ; but , as I had my eyes fixed on the machine , I felt a shock , the first I had experienced . The shock was upwards , and I cried ...
... heard a noise high up in the balloon , which made me fear it had burst . I looked up , and saw nothing ; but , as I had my eyes fixed on the machine , I felt a shock , the first I had experienced . The shock was upwards , and I cried ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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