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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Presently the whole band of fairies , ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs ,
gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside ,
the salamanders , lob - lie - by - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvæ , come fitting ...
Presently the whole band of fairies , ancient and modern , - the demons , sylphs ,
gnomes , sprites , elves , peries , genii , and above all , the fairies of the fireside ,
the salamanders , lob - lie - by - the - fires , lars , lemures , larvæ , come fitting ...
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He tears me up 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 ...
He tears me up 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 ...
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2 Not a word of the face ! not a word of the dragging back , nor the locks of gold ,
nor the 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 ...
2 Not a word of the face ! not a word of the dragging back , nor the locks of gold ,
nor the 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 ...
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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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