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 89
... thought that hee was sent for to be put to death . But to make short , those which were to speake with them from the Emperour , came to no other purpose but to bring them either a little piller of silver , or some such like vessel or ...
... thought that hee was sent for to be put to death . But to make short , those which were to speake with them from the Emperour , came to no other purpose but to bring them either a little piller of silver , or some such like vessel or ...
Page 348
... thought to enter her head ? Entire love is a worship , and cannot be angry . The heart of the lover openly and ... thoughts of possibilities , even in regard to those ; for to say nothing of the danger of the sport in ordinary , the ...
... thought to enter her head ? Entire love is a worship , and cannot be angry . The heart of the lover openly and ... thoughts of possibilities , even in regard to those ; for to say nothing of the danger of the sport in ordinary , the ...
Page 349
... thought came into her head , which made her pray with secret and sudden earnestness to the Virgin ; and the same thought enabled her to give him final looks , not only of resigned lovingness , but of a sort of cheered composure ; for ...
... thought came into her head , which made her pray with secret and sudden earnestness to the Virgin ; and the same thought enabled her to give him final looks , not only of resigned lovingness , but of a sort of cheered composure ; for ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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