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 140
... true ; and yet it is curious to see the coincidence between the words , and for our part we are not sure , if the etymology could be well traced , that something in common might not be found between the words as well as the things ...
... true ; and yet it is curious to see the coincidence between the words , and for our part we are not sure , if the etymology could be well traced , that something in common might not be found between the words as well as the things ...
Page 317
... true , too true . Lane . I was twenty minutes getting you away from that apple - woman , and half an hour , I'm sure , in persuading you to rise from the door - way . ( Lloyd groans . ) Then you wouldn't let me take your sword ( for I ...
... true , too true . Lane . I was twenty minutes getting you away from that apple - woman , and half an hour , I'm sure , in persuading you to rise from the door - way . ( Lloyd groans . ) Then you wouldn't let me take your sword ( for I ...
Page 363
... true is spoiled by the something impertinent - something that does not belong to it . The writer , who is only half in earnest , wishes to produce a whole true effect , and of course cannot do it , any more than half a motive is suffi ...
... true is spoiled by the something impertinent - something that does not belong to it . The writer , who is only half in earnest , wishes to produce a whole true effect , and of course cannot do it , any more than half a motive is suffi ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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