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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... lord ? Bru . Didst thou dream that thou so cry'dst out ? Luc . My lord , I do not know that I did cry . Bru . Yes , that thou didst ; didst thou see any thing ? Luc . Nothing , my lord . Bru . Sleep again , Lucius . Fellow thou ! awake ...
... lord ? Bru . Didst thou dream that thou so cry'dst out ? Luc . My lord , I do not know that I did cry . Bru . Yes , that thou didst ; didst thou see any thing ? Luc . Nothing , my lord . Bru . Sleep again , Lucius . Fellow thou ! awake ...
Page 232
... lords ; and every lord was to be met with , like the giant , in his stronghold or castle . Their dependants of the lower form , who imitated the violence of their superiors , and had not their castles , but their lurking places , were ...
... lords ; and every lord was to be met with , like the giant , in his stronghold or castle . Their dependants of the lower form , who imitated the violence of their superiors , and had not their castles , but their lurking places , were ...
Page 328
... Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst , or Lord Chancellor Brougham , had similar presents sent them on the like occasion . How could the one be sure that his great legal knowledge , or the other , that even his great genius and tact for all ...
... Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst , or Lord Chancellor Brougham , had similar presents sent them on the like occasion . How could the one be sure that his great legal knowledge , or the other , that even his great genius and tact for all ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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