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 51
The petty human considerations of pride and modesty have nothing to do with the
cordial magnitude of such guesses ; and the beauty of them consists , we think ,
not merely in their cheerfulness and real piety , but in their adaptation to all ...
The petty human considerations of pride and modesty have nothing to do with the
cordial magnitude of such guesses ; and the beauty of them consists , we think ,
not merely in their cheerfulness and real piety , but in their adaptation to all ...
Page 203
Extraordinary particulars were given , in this instance , of the human aspect of the
vision , of its tossing its hair back from its brow , and its being much annoyed by a
bird which was hovering over it , and which it warned off repeatedly with its ...
Extraordinary particulars were given , in this instance , of the human aspect of the
vision , of its tossing its hair back from its brow , and its being much annoyed by a
bird which was hovering over it , and which it warned off repeatedly with its ...
Page 220
In these Arabian stories , " says our good old author , there may be some truth ;
for it has been proved that there are creatures in the sea possessing , or nearly
possessing , the human form . You may read of some that have endeavored to
get ...
In these Arabian stories , " says our good old author , there may be some truth ;
for it has been proved that there are creatures in the sea possessing , or nearly
possessing , the human form . You may read of some that have endeavored to
get ...
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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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