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 102
Observe in the next the goggle - eyed owl , who is nightly astonished at the fairies
, as if amazement were his business ; and also the childlike warning to the snails
and daddy longlegs to keep aloof . THE QUEEN IN HER BOWER ...
Observe in the next the goggle - eyed owl , who is nightly astonished at the fairies
, as if amazement were his business ; and also the childlike warning to the snails
and daddy longlegs to keep aloof . THE QUEEN IN HER BOWER ...
Page 125
warmth for the senses , desert in arms and exercises to keep it manly , cautions to
the rich , humanity for the more happy , and hope for the miserable . Whenever
we see the “ Arabian Nights ” they strike a light upon our thoughts , as though ...
warmth for the senses , desert in arms and exercises to keep it manly , cautions to
the rich , humanity for the more happy , and hope for the miserable . Whenever
we see the “ Arabian Nights ” they strike a light upon our thoughts , as though ...
Page 246
Orlando went , and keeping in his head The monk's directions , hastily ascended
The height , and struck for Passamonte's shed , Who seeing him thus coming
unattended , Perused him well , then cried , “ I like his plan ! What , my new
footboy ...
Orlando went , and keeping in his head The monk's directions , hastily ascended
The height , and struck for Passamonte's shed , Who seeing him thus coming
unattended , Perused him well , then cried , “ I like his plan ! What , my new
footboy ...
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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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