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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He that would run the whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must
become intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer ,
Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures
of ...
He that would run the whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must
become intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer ,
Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures
of ...
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demons , but farther apart from them than demons were from the gods , and yet
partaking of the angelical office , were heroes , or spirits clothed in a light
ethereal body , and partaking still more of the soul of the world ; perhaps the
souls of men ...
demons , but farther apart from them than demons were from the gods , and yet
partaking of the angelical office , were heroes , or spirits clothed in a light
ethereal body , and partaking still more of the soul of the world ; perhaps the
souls of men ...
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If all this is not much clearer than attempts to explain such matters are apt to be ,
and if the parts of Plato's theology ( which were derived from the national creed )
do little honor sometimes to the general spirit of it , which was his own ; there is ...
If all this is not much clearer than attempts to explain such matters are apt to be ,
and if the parts of Plato's theology ( which were derived from the national creed )
do little honor sometimes to the general spirit of it , which was his own ; there is ...
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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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