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 62
Demons were not as some thought them , the souls of The latter had the honor of
assisting demons , but were a separate.class . Indeed , according to Plato , the
word soul might as well have been put for man , in opposition to spirit ; for he held
...
Demons were not as some thought them , the souls of The latter had the honor of
assisting demons , but were a separate.class . Indeed , according to Plato , the
word soul might as well have been put for man , in opposition to spirit ; for he held
...
Page 63
Plotinus and others had guardian demons of a very high order . The demon of
Socrates is said to have been called a god , because it was of the order that were
taken for gods . It was the business of this spiritual attendant to be a kind of soul
in ...
Plotinus and others had guardian demons of a very high order . The demon of
Socrates is said to have been called a god , because it was of the order that were
taken for gods . It was the business of this spiritual attendant to be a kind of soul
in ...
Page 312
... Because those precious mysteries that dwell In music's ravish'd soul he dares
not tell , But whisper to the world : thus do they vary , Each string his note , as if
they meant to carry Their master's blest soul ( snatch'd out at his ears By a strong
...
... Because those precious mysteries that dwell In music's ravish'd soul he dares
not tell , But whisper to the world : thus do they vary , Each string his note , as if
they meant to carry Their master's blest soul ( snatch'd out at his ears By a strong
...
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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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