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 14
If there is any one thing that can reconcile me to the loss of my kettle , more than
another , it is that my fire has been left to itself : it has full room to breathe and to
blaze , and I can poke it as I please . What recollections does that idea excite ?
If there is any one thing that can reconcile me to the loss of my kettle , more than
another , it is that my fire has been left to itself : it has full room to breathe and to
blaze , and I can poke it as I please . What recollections does that idea excite ?
Page 141
There is no end to probabilities , and any thing may be deduced from any thing
else . Horne Tooke derived King Pepin from the Greek pronoun osper , and King
Jeremiah from pickled cucumber , * a sort of sport which we recommend as an ...
There is no end to probabilities , and any thing may be deduced from any thing
else . Horne Tooke derived King Pepin from the Greek pronoun osper , and King
Jeremiah from pickled cucumber , * a sort of sport which we recommend as an ...
Page 211
Bochart , speaking of the river Triton ( and , by the way , he was an Eastern
scholar , which Bryant was not ) , derives the name from the Phænician word tarit
. Mr. Bryant brings his Triton from tirit . In fact you may bring any thing from any
thing ...
Bochart , speaking of the river Triton ( and , by the way , he was an Eastern
scholar , which Bryant was not ) , derives the name from the Phænician word tarit
. Mr. Bryant brings his Triton from tirit . In fact you may bring any thing from any
thing ...
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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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