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 67
... taken from under them . Plato has rendered it difficult to believe this of Socrates ; but then we have the authority of Socrates for concluding that Plato put a great deal in his head that he never uttered ; and the Socrates of Xen ...
... taken from under them . Plato has rendered it difficult to believe this of Socrates ; but then we have the authority of Socrates for concluding that Plato put a great deal in his head that he never uttered ; and the Socrates of Xen ...
Page 138
... taken so much trouble : you expected a better reward . ' “ Madam , ' answered Zeyn , ' Heaven is my witness that I more than once was like to have broken my word with the King of the Genii , to keep you to myself . Whatsoever be the ...
... taken so much trouble : you expected a better reward . ' “ Madam , ' answered Zeyn , ' Heaven is my witness that I more than once was like to have broken my word with the King of the Genii , to keep you to myself . Whatsoever be the ...
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... taken for granted that she could ; and that the angels were all to tremble before her , as the poor foolish people had been accus- tomed to do in her father's house . For , observe , she . reckons confidently upon going to heaven ...
... taken for granted that she could ; and that the angels were all to tremble before her , as the poor foolish people had been accus- tomed to do in her father's house . For , observe , she . reckons confidently upon going to heaven ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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