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 127
... lived three thousand years each , and had many contests with other spirits , of whose nature we are left in the dark ; but the heavens appear to have warred with them , among other enemies . A dynasty of forty , or according to others ...
... lived three thousand years each , and had many contests with other spirits , of whose nature we are left in the dark ; but the heavens appear to have warred with them , among other enemies . A dynasty of forty , or according to others ...
Page 174
... lived in . He would have had a Dryad , for instance , as rugged and fantastic in her aspect as an old oak - tree , and divested of all human beauty . The ancients did not go so far as this . Beauty , in a human shape , was a sine quâ ...
... lived in . He would have had a Dryad , for instance , as rugged and fantastic in her aspect as an old oak - tree , and divested of all human beauty . The ancients did not go so far as this . Beauty , in a human shape , was a sine quâ ...
Page 256
... lived before the time of Abraham , and is styled Dhoulkarnein the Greater . Powerful as they think the former , the latter was still more so ; and was , besides , a prophet . He was a Mussulman by anticipation ; and lived sixteen ...
... lived before the time of Abraham , and is styled Dhoulkarnein the Greater . Powerful as they think the former , the latter was still more so ; and was , besides , a prophet . He was a Mussulman by anticipation ; and lived sixteen ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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