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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... leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes us read every book of his we open , and which leaves us more his friend at ...
... leave to the critics who find tweedledee differ- ent from tweedledum in kind as well as degree . We are content with the fact that he has some virtue which makes us read every book of his we open , and which leaves us more his friend at ...
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... leave that till another time . Night draws near , and it will be time to go to supper . ' " The next hall which the fairy led the prince into , and where the cloth was laid for the feast , was the only apart- ment the prince had not ...
... leave that till another time . Night draws near , and it will be time to go to supper . ' " The next hall which the fairy led the prince into , and where the cloth was laid for the feast , was the only apart- ment the prince had not ...
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... leaving them to go to bed . " The nuptial feast was continued the next day ; or rather , the days following the ... leave her . In this scheme she succeeded so well , that Prince Ahmed's passion was not in the least diminished by ...
... leaving them to go to bed . " The nuptial feast was continued the next day ; or rather , the days following the ... leave her . In this scheme she succeeded so well , that Prince Ahmed's passion was not in the least diminished by ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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