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 64
... supposed to be for a good purpose : or rather not being of a nature to be immediately got rid of , was turned to good account ; and man was ultimately the better for it . The demon did every thing he could to exalt the intellect of his ...
... supposed to be for a good purpose : or rather not being of a nature to be immediately got rid of , was turned to good account ; and man was ultimately the better for it . The demon did every thing he could to exalt the intellect of his ...
Page 85
... supposed by the ancients to people the two ends of the earth , northern and southern , where the growth of nature was faint and stunted . In the north they were inhabitants of India , the cranes their enemies being Scythians : in the ...
... supposed by the ancients to people the two ends of the earth , northern and southern , where the growth of nature was faint and stunted . In the north they were inhabitants of India , the cranes their enemies being Scythians : in the ...
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... supposed to be the same as the Western Fairy , Morgana . The truth seems to be , that originally the Paries were of no sex : the poets first distinguished them into male and female ; and their exceeding beauty at last confined them to ...
... supposed to be the same as the Western Fairy , Morgana . The truth seems to be , that originally the Paries were of no sex : the poets first distinguished them into male and female ; and their exceeding beauty at last confined them to ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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