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 132
They may be good and kind enough , if they have their way ; but do not willingly
come in contact with men , except to carry off their wives or daughters ; still
resenting , it would seem , the ascendancy of human kind , and choosing to serve
their ...
They may be good and kind enough , if they have their way ; but do not willingly
come in contact with men , except to carry off their wives or daughters ; still
resenting , it would seem , the ascendancy of human kind , and choosing to serve
their ...
Page 142
The truth seems to be , that originally the Paries were of no sex : the poets first
distinguished them into male and female ; and their exceeding beauty at last
confined them to the female kind . We doubt , after all that we see in the writings
of Sir ...
The truth seems to be , that originally the Paries were of no sex : the poets first
distinguished them into male and female ; and their exceeding beauty at last
confined them to the female kind . We doubt , after all that we see in the writings
of Sir ...
Page 348
... of an angry kind , or of any kind but the loving , and how was the thought to
enter her head ? Entire love is a worship , and cannot be angry . The heart of the
lover openly and fondly sympathized with that of his poor mistress ; and , secretly
, it ...
... of an angry kind , or of any kind but the loving , and how was the thought to
enter her head ? Entire love is a worship , and cannot be angry . The heart of the
lover openly and fondly sympathized with that of his poor mistress ; and , secretly
, it ...
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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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