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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that all the party are equally lustrous ; but finding , by degrees , no flashes from
an unfortunate gentleman on his right , he turns stiffly towards him at the first
commonplace remark , measures him from head to foot with a kind of wondering
...
that all the party are equally lustrous ; but finding , by degrees , no flashes from
an unfortunate gentleman on his right , he turns stiffly towards him at the first
commonplace remark , measures him from head to foot with a kind of wondering
...
Page 114
And for his plume a horse's hair , Which being tossed by the air , Had force to
strike his foe with fear , And turn his weapon from him . Himself he on an earwig
set , Yet scarce he on his back could get , So oft and high he did curvet Ere he ...
And for his plume a horse's hair , Which being tossed by the air , Had force to
strike his foe with fear , And turn his weapon from him . Himself he on an earwig
set , Yet scarce he on his back could get , So oft and high he did curvet Ere he ...
Page 347
... and had a turn for making presents , and for sitting at the bead of a festive table
. Suddenly , therefore , appeared some of the finest emeralds and sapphires in
the world upon the fingers of counts and marquises , whose jewels had hitherto ...
... and had a turn for making presents , and for sitting at the bead of a festive table
. Suddenly , therefore , appeared some of the finest emeralds and sapphires in
the world upon the fingers of counts and marquises , whose jewels had hitherto ...
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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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