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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... well known to be repeated here ; and the commendatory inscription of the
Emperor Kien Long , to an European taste at least , is somewhat too dull , unless
his Majesty's teapot has been shamefully translated . For my own part , though I
have ...
... well known to be repeated here ; and the commendatory inscription of the
Emperor Kien Long , to an European taste at least , is somewhat too dull , unless
his Majesty's teapot has been shamefully translated . For my own part , though I
have ...
Page 35
in which it is enjoyed to most advantage , it is that of mediocrity : that in which all
comfort is reckoned to be best appreciated , because , while there is taste to
enjoy , there is necessity to earn the enjoyment ; and I cannot conclude the hour ...
in which it is enjoyed to most advantage , it is that of mediocrity : that in which all
comfort is reckoned to be best appreciated , because , while there is taste to
enjoy , there is necessity to earn the enjoyment ; and I cannot conclude the hour ...
Page 239
This literally construed , is in high epic taste , as much so as the homely similes of
the Iliad and the Odyssey . We should be thankful , for our parts , to an epic poet
who could manage to introduce the big - headed and bushy - haired ogres of ...
This literally construed , is in high epic taste , as much so as the homely similes of
the Iliad and the Odyssey . We should be thankful , for our parts , to an epic poet
who could manage to introduce the big - headed and bushy - haired ogres of ...
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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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