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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Whether Leigh Hunt was a man of genius , or only of surpassing talent , is a
question which we willingly leave to the ... 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 ...
Whether Leigh Hunt was a man of genius , or only of surpassing talent , is a
question which we willingly leave to the ... 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 ...
Page 149
... they came there , they divided themselves into two rows , to let them pass , and
after that retired , leaving them to go to bed . ... independent of her beauty and her
charms , and to attach him entirely to herself , that he might never leave her .
... they came there , they divided themselves into two rows , to let them pass , and
after that retired , leaving them to go to bed . ... independent of her beauty and her
charms , and to attach him entirely to herself , that he might never leave her .
Page 357
Upon this so desperate was her frenzy , that she bid him leave her , for that she
was resolved to go to the same place where the count was . The priest was
forced to give her better hopes for the deceased , from considerations that he was
upon ...
Upon this so desperate was her frenzy , that she bid him leave her , for that she
was resolved to go to the same place where the count was . The priest was
forced to give her better hopes for the deceased , from considerations that he was
upon ...
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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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