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 46
... pleasure is the communication of it . Why must we be perpetually craving for amusement or information from others ( an appetite which , after all , will be seldom acknowledged ) , and never think of bestow- ing them ourselves ? Again ...
... pleasure is the communication of it . Why must we be perpetually craving for amusement or information from others ( an appetite which , after all , will be seldom acknowledged ) , and never think of bestow- ing them ourselves ? Again ...
Page 88
... pleasure and content to the Emperour . Besides , there was kept the greatest silence that could be imagined . And Domitian himself being present , did nothing else but ( without ceasing ) speake and talke unto them of murthers , death ...
... pleasure and content to the Emperour . Besides , there was kept the greatest silence that could be imagined . And Domitian himself being present , did nothing else but ( without ceasing ) speake and talke unto them of murthers , death ...
Page 124
... pleasure in it , but because the pain has infinite chances of vicissitude , and because the pleasure is within the reach of all who have body and soul and imagination . The poor man there sleeps in a doorway with his love , and is ...
... pleasure in it , but because the pain has infinite chances of vicissitude , and because the pleasure is within the reach of all who have body and soul and imagination . The poor man there sleeps in a doorway with his love , and is ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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