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 131
Nights , " have some capital stories . ... There are fine things in the story of
Maugraby . ... the epic poet of Persia , to be a great and pathetic genius ; and he
gives some evidence of what he says , even in a prose sketch of one of his
stories ...
Nights , " have some capital stories . ... There are fine things in the story of
Maugraby . ... the epic poet of Persia , to be a great and pathetic genius ; and he
gives some evidence of what he says , even in a prose sketch of one of his
stories ...
Page 183
In another story , related by the same author , the hero was not so lucky . This
person , whose name was Rhæcus , was applied to on a similar account ; and
having evinced a like humanity , showed a due taste in the first instance , when ...
In another story , related by the same author , the hero was not so lucky . This
person , whose name was Rhæcus , was applied to on a similar account ; and
having evinced a like humanity , showed a due taste in the first instance , when ...
Page 312
This exquisite story has had another relator in Ford , the dramatist , and
according to a great authority , a finer one . * The passage is very beautiful ,
certainly , especially in the outset about Greece ; and if the story is to be taken . *
Charles ...
This exquisite story has had another relator in Ford , the dramatist , and
according to a great authority , a finer one . * The passage is very beautiful ,
certainly , especially in the outset about Greece ; and if the story is to be taken . *
Charles ...
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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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