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 245
... whole trees , whole horrid oaken Trunks by the root ; he does upon my word ; Our heads infallibly will all be broken . " While thus , as if he could be overheard , The monk stood talking low , there came a token So close upon the house ...
... whole trees , whole horrid oaken Trunks by the root ; he does upon my word ; Our heads infallibly will all be broken . " While thus , as if he could be overheard , The monk stood talking low , there came a token So close upon the house ...
Page 326
... whole being , life and death , that truly celestial doctrine , " Think of others ! " NEW YEAR'S GIFTS . | ORMERLY , everybody made presents on New Year's Day , as they still do in Paris , where our lively neighbors turn the whole metrop ...
... whole being , life and death , that truly celestial doctrine , " Think of others ! " NEW YEAR'S GIFTS . | ORMERLY , everybody made presents on New Year's Day , as they still do in Paris , where our lively neighbors turn the whole metrop ...
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... whole beautiful picture ! ( When will the booksellers cease to give us editions of this absurd versifier ? ) We have not at hand the old translation of Sir John Harrington ( better , at all events , than Hoole's ) , nor the new one by ...
... whole beautiful picture ! ( When will the booksellers cease to give us editions of this absurd versifier ? ) We have not at hand the old translation of Sir John Harrington ( better , at all events , than Hoole's ) , nor the new one by ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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