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
... reader , think of the pride and pleasure of having in your hand that awful , but at the same time artless , weapon , a poker , - of putting it into the proper bar , gently levering up the coals , and seeing the instant and bustling ...
... reader , think of the pride and pleasure of having in your hand that awful , but at the same time artless , weapon , a poker , - of putting it into the proper bar , gently levering up the coals , and seeing the instant and bustling ...
Page 15
... reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my feelings in an orderly manner , I must request the reader to go with me through a day's enjoyments by the fireside . It is part of my business to look about for helps to ...
... reader , perhaps , will not quarrel with it . But to describe my feelings in an orderly manner , I must request the reader to go with me through a day's enjoyments by the fireside . It is part of my business to look about for helps to ...
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... reader , Gog and Ma- gog 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 Roman , and to be the relics of some quondam ...
... reader , Gog and Ma- gog 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 Roman , and to be the relics of some quondam ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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