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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Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her face assumes
a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young
Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper ...
Her mouth is opened accordingly , the fire of her eyes is dead , her face assumes
a doleful air ; up walks the aforesaid heaven or mischievous young fellow ( young
Ouranos , Hesiod would have called him ) , and , instead of a piece of paper ...
Page 78
The pleasure is ever young , though the path is old . SoWhen the sun begins to
fling His flaring beams , me , Goddess , bring To arched walks of twilight groves ,
And shadows brown , that Sylvan loves , Of pine or monumental oak , Where the
...
The pleasure is ever young , though the path is old . SoWhen the sun begins to
fling His flaring beams , me , Goddess , bring To arched walks of twilight groves ,
And shadows brown , that Sylvan loves , Of pine or monumental oak , Where the
...
Page 250
Why hast thou murthered these young innocent children , and this duchess ?
Therefore arise and dress thee , thou glutton , for this day shalt thou die of my
hands . ' “ Then anon the giant start up , and took a great club in his hand , and
smote ...
Why hast thou murthered these young innocent children , and this duchess ?
Therefore arise and dress thee , thou glutton , for this day shalt thou die of my
hands . ' “ Then anon the giant start up , and took a great club in his hand , and
smote ...
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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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