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 42
It was afterwards re - printed in the “ Examiner , ” as one of “ The Round Table "
papers . When these essays were collected into a volume , Leigh Hunt's initials
were printed at the end of “ A Day by the Fire ; ” and Hazlitt , in the preface to this
...
It was afterwards re - printed in the “ Examiner , ” as one of “ The Round Table "
papers . When these essays were collected into a volume , Leigh Hunt's initials
were printed at the end of “ A Day by the Fire ; ” and Hazlitt , in the preface to this
...
Page 84
Hope elevates , and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering fire , Compact
of unctuous vapor , which the night Condenses , and the cold environs round ,
Kindled through agitation to a flame , Which oft , they say , some evil spirit attends
...
Hope elevates , and joy Brightens his crest ; as when a wandering fire , Compact
of unctuous vapor , which the night Condenses , and the cold environs round ,
Kindled through agitation to a flame , Which oft , they say , some evil spirit attends
...
Page 321
We should not like even to see him in a round hat . He would lose something of
the old and oracular by it . If in a round hat , he should keep out of sight , and not
contradict the portrait of himself at the top of his sheet of verses , with his bell and
...
We should not like even to see him in a round hat . He would lose something of
the old and oracular by it . If in a round hat , he should keep out of sight , and not
contradict the portrait of himself at the top of his sheet of verses , with his bell and
...
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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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