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 332
We entered the gallery , which we had entered hundreds of times in childhood ,
by the side of a mother , who used to speak of the great persons and transactions
in the pictures on each side of her with a hushing reverence as if they were ...
We entered the gallery , which we had entered hundreds of times in childhood ,
by the side of a mother , who used to speak of the great persons and transactions
in the pictures on each side of her with a hushing reverence as if they were ...
Page 355
About the Middle of Last Winter I went to see an Opera at the Theatre in the
Haymarket , where I could but take notice of two Parties of very fine Women , that
had placed themselves in the Opposite Side - Boxes , and seemed drawn up in a
...
About the Middle of Last Winter I went to see an Opera at the Theatre in the
Haymarket , where I could but take notice of two Parties of very fine Women , that
had placed themselves in the Opposite Side - Boxes , and seemed drawn up in a
...
Page 356
These last , however , as I afterwards found , diminished daily , and took their
Party with one side or the other ; inasmuch as that I observed , in several of them ,
the Patches which were before dispersed equally , are now all gone over to the ...
These last , however , as I afterwards found , diminished daily , and took their
Party with one side or the other ; inasmuch as that I observed , in several of them ,
the Patches which were before dispersed equally , are now all gone over to the ...
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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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