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 ancient hearth was generally in the middle of the room , the ceiling of which
let out the smoke ; it was supplied with charcoal or faggots , and consisted
sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) , sometimes
of a ...
The ancient hearth was generally in the middle of the room , the ceiling of which
let out the smoke ; it was supplied with charcoal or faggots , and consisted
sometimes of a brazier or chafing - dish ( the focus of the Romans ) , sometimes
of a ...
Page 29
... lightning , -nothing escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little
flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it
swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE
FIRE .
... lightning , -nothing escapes the eye and the imagination . Sometimes a little
flame appears at the corner of the grate like a quivering spangle ; sometimes it
swells out at top into a restless and brief lambency ; anon it is A DAY BY THE
FIRE .
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Sometimes they abuse the people that help them out of it , and not seldom are
suicides committed out of avowed spite and revenge , and for the most trivial
contradiction . We have read of a girl who threw herself into the water because
her ...
Sometimes they abuse the people that help them out of it , and not seldom are
suicides committed out of avowed spite and revenge , and for the most trivial
contradiction . We have read of a girl who threw herself into the water because
her ...
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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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