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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... opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was acting in a manner which the vulgar pronounced to be evil ... opinions on that subject . Next to the gods came the demons , who partook of their divinity mixed with what he called the ...
... opinion of his demon , even when the intelligence was acting in a manner which the vulgar pronounced to be evil ... opinions on that subject . Next to the gods came the demons , who partook of their divinity mixed with what he called the ...
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... opinion , especially among authors of the greatest taste and genius . The Persians ( for all these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans , and not with the Arabs , except in as far as the latter ...
... opinion , especially among authors of the greatest taste and genius . The Persians ( for all these supernatural tales originated with the Persians , Indians , and Chaldeans , and not with the Arabs , except in as far as the latter ...
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... 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 question him : 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 question him : the ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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