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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... sweet love ? Bot . I have a reasonable good ear in music : let us have the tongs and the bones . Tita . Or say , sweet love , what thou desir'st to eat . Bot . Truly a peck of provender ; I could munch your good dry oats . Me- thinks I ...
... sweet love ? Bot . I have a reasonable good ear in music : let us have the tongs and the bones . Tita . Or say , sweet love , what thou desir'st to eat . Bot . Truly a peck of provender ; I could munch your good dry oats . Me- thinks I ...
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... sweet præludium Of closer strains ; and ere the war begin , He lightly skirmishes on every string , Charg'd with a flying touch : and straightway she Carves out her dainty voice as readily , Into a thousand sweet distinguish'd tones ...
... sweet præludium Of closer strains ; and ere the war begin , He lightly skirmishes on every string , Charg'd with a flying touch : and straightway she Carves out her dainty voice as readily , Into a thousand sweet distinguish'd tones ...
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... sweet rise , many as sweet a fall ) A full - mouth'd diapason swallows all . This done , he lists what she would say to this , And she , although her breath's late exercise Had dealt too roughly with her tender throat , Yet summons all ...
... sweet rise , many as sweet a fall ) A full - mouth'd diapason swallows all . This done , he lists what she would say to this , And she , although her breath's late exercise Had dealt too roughly with her tender throat , Yet summons all ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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