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
God knows how this message made them stirre , what excessive lamentations
they made , and with how exceeding feares they were perplexed in their minds ;
there was not any , no , not the hardiest of them all , but thought that hee was sent
...
God knows how this message made them stirre , what excessive lamentations
they made , and with how exceeding feares they were perplexed in their minds ;
there was not any , no , not the hardiest of them all , but thought that hee was sent
...
Page 348
... then kissed him like a bride ; reposed on him like a wife ; did everything that
was becoming and beautiful , and said everything but an angry word ; nay ,
would have dared perhaps to pretend to say even that , had she thought of it ; but
she ...
... then kissed him like a bride ; reposed on him like a wife ; did everything that
was becoming and beautiful , and said everything but an angry word ; nay ,
would have dared perhaps to pretend to say even that , had she thought of it ; but
she ...
Page 349
That great and terrible thing , " as the philosopher justly thought it . To show how
secure he was , and how securer still it would render him , he made her promise
to be there ; and she required little asking : for a thought came into her head ...
That great and terrible thing , " as the philosopher justly thought it . To show how
secure he was , and how securer still it would render him , he made her promise
to be there ; and she required little asking : for a thought came into her head ...
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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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