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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There was perhaps some neighboring people , which bordered upon the Celtic
or Gothic tribes ; and which , although less warlike than themselves , and much
inferior in strength and stature , might yet excel them in dexterity ; and addicting ...
There was perhaps some neighboring people , which bordered upon the Celtic
or Gothic tribes ; and which , although less warlike than themselves , and much
inferior in strength and stature , might yet excel them in dexterity ; and addicting ...
Page 230
A sceptic at court might have resolved it into some common message , perhaps a
watchword : perhaps some smugglers meant to tell their correspondent that “ all
was up with them ! ” Joking and scepticism apart , however , the story is a fine ...
A sceptic at court might have resolved it into some common message , perhaps a
watchword : perhaps some smugglers meant to tell their correspondent that “ all
was up with them ! ” Joking and scepticism apart , however , the story is a fine ...
Page 271
It is not perhaps impossible , that a man may be able to flye by the application of
wings to his owne body ; as angels are pictured , and as Mercury and Dædalus
are fained , and as hath been attempted by divers , particularly by a Turk in ...
It is not perhaps impossible , that a man may be able to flye by the application of
wings to his owne body ; as angels are pictured , and as Mercury and Dædalus
are fained , and as hath been attempted by divers , particularly by a Turk in ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 6 May 2015 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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