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 60
Plato certainly had no ill opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was
acting in a manner which the vulgar pronounced to be evil , and upon which the
philosopher has delivered a sentiment equally profound and huThe following
may ...
Plato certainly had no ill opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was
acting in a manner which the vulgar pronounced to be evil , and upon which the
philosopher has delivered a sentiment equally profound and huThe following
may ...
Page 126
Upon the whole we think the following may be taken as the ordinary opinion ,
especially among authors of the greatest taste and genius . The Persians ( for all
these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans ...
Upon the whole we think the following may be taken as the ordinary opinion ,
especially among authors of the greatest taste and genius . The Persians ( for all
these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans ...
Page 158
The same writer , speaking of the opinion that Satyrs were goat - footed
homunciones , or little men , tells the story of St. Anthony : “ who searching
through the deserts of the Thebais for the most holy eremite Paul , did behold one
of them , and ...
The same writer , speaking of the opinion that Satyrs were goat - footed
homunciones , or little men , tells the story of St. Anthony : “ who searching
through the deserts of the Thebais for the most holy eremite Paul , did behold one
of them , and ...
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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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