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 116
... passed over the moon ; and , with a choral lament , the funeral troop sailed duskily away , heard afar off , so still was the midnight solitude of the glen . Then the disenthralled Orchy began to rejoice as before through all her ...
... passed over the moon ; and , with a choral lament , the funeral troop sailed duskily away , heard afar off , so still was the midnight solitude of the glen . Then the disenthralled Orchy began to rejoice as before through all her ...
Page 277
... passed by about 400 toises . M. Pilâtre said , ' We are in the plain . ' ' Yes , ' I said , ' we are getting on . ' ' Let us set to work , ' he replied . I heard a noise in the machine , which I thought came from the breaking of a cord ...
... passed by about 400 toises . M. Pilâtre said , ' We are in the plain . ' ' Yes , ' I said , ' we are getting on . ' ' Let us set to work , ' he replied . I heard a noise in the machine , which I thought came from the breaking of a cord ...
Page 298
... passing spurn : upon which the proprietor , turning round to swear , is run against in front by a wheelbarrow ; upon which , turning round again to swear worse , he thrusts his heel upon the beginning of a loose stone in the pavement ...
... passing spurn : upon which the proprietor , turning round to swear , is run against in front by a wheelbarrow ; upon which , turning round again to swear worse , he thrusts his heel upon the beginning of a loose stone in the pavement ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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