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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The painters have seldom ventured upon these anomalies ; but the poets , whose
especial business it is to have an ... She grapples with the waves and fings aside
her hair from her soused cheeks ; and the poet is willing to be a Triton for her ...
The painters have seldom ventured upon these anomalies ; but the poets , whose
especial business it is to have an ... She grapples with the waves and fings aside
her hair from her soused cheeks ; and the poet is willing to be a Triton for her ...
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Spenser is the only poet that has ventured to speak of an “ old nymph . ” He says
that Proteus had one to keep his bower clean . “ There was his wonne ; ne living
wight was scene , Save one old nymph , hight Panope , to keepe it cleane .
Spenser is the only poet that has ventured to speak of an “ old nymph . ” He says
that Proteus had one to keep his bower clean . “ There was his wonne ; ne living
wight was scene , Save one old nymph , hight Panope , to keepe it cleane .
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The largest of the late crop of poets . " -- JOHN G. SAXE . “ Much the most notable
poem recently published . " - Geo . W. CURTIS . “ The world is richer by a new
poet , a genuine born maker and singer . " - RICH ARD GRANT WHITE . “ It
brings ...
The largest of the late crop of poets . " -- JOHN G. SAXE . “ Much the most notable
poem recently published . " - Geo . W. CURTIS . “ The world is richer by a new
poet , a genuine born maker and singer . " - RICH ARD GRANT WHITE . “ It
brings ...
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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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