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 14
Oh , I have it now : think , reader , if you are one of those who * Charles Lamb's
friend and school - mate , Le Grice , wrote a book on the “ Art of Poking the Fire . "
- ED . can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game 14 A DAY BY ...
Oh , I have it now : think , reader , if you are one of those who * Charles Lamb's
friend and school - mate , Le Grice , wrote a book on the “ Art of Poking the Fire . "
- ED . can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game 14 A DAY BY ...
Page 15
I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I
think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black -
puddings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my
feelings ...
I am aware that this simile is not perfect ; but if it would do for an epic poem , as I
think it might , after Virgil's whipping - tops and Homer's jackasses and black -
puddings , the reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my
feelings ...
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... are a part of their family . * At all events , dear reader , Gog and Magog are not
the giants of Guildhall ; albeit the latter , like the former , are unappropriated
phenomena — supposed , we believe , to represent an ancient Briton and a ...
... are a part of their family . * At all events , dear reader , Gog and Magog are not
the giants of Guildhall ; albeit the latter , like the former , are unappropriated
phenomena — supposed , we believe , to represent an ancient Briton and a ...
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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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