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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... fancy's eyes , and the dying coals , some with their weapons and lights , others with grave steadfastness on book or dish , others of the softer kind with their arch looks , and their conscious pretence of atti- tude , while a minute ...
... fancy's eyes , and the dying coals , some with their weapons and lights , others with grave steadfastness on book or dish , others of the softer kind with their arch looks , and their conscious pretence of atti- tude , while a minute ...
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... that , and there is nothing so ex- travagant , either in word or deed , which they will not take from with re- spect . " D'Herbelot , article Feraoun . you - could fancy was at an incalculable distance from it 48 HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY .
... that , and there is nothing so ex- travagant , either in word or deed , which they will not take from with re- spect . " D'Herbelot , article Feraoun . you - could fancy was at an incalculable distance from it 48 HEATHEN MYTHOLOGY .
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And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. - could fancy was at an incalculable distance from it , an emanation , a being deputed , a sort of spiritual incarnation of one of the divine thoughts ; if we may so ...
And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. - could fancy was at an incalculable distance from it , an emanation , a being deputed , a sort of spiritual incarnation of one of the divine thoughts ; if we may so ...
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... fancy in nature , there must be intermediate beings between men and gods , - the gods themselves being far from the top of spirituality . We have already stated his opinions on that subject . Next to the gods came the demons , who ...
... fancy in nature , there must be intermediate beings between men and gods , - the gods themselves being far from the top of spirituality . We have already stated his opinions on that subject . Next to the gods came the demons , who ...
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... fancy that attempts were made to account for the izing Christian of the school of Alexandria . If so , there is no saying how far we are not indebted for our ordinary notions of angels themselves to Plato , nor indeed how far the ...
... fancy that attempts were made to account for the izing Christian of the school of Alexandria . If so , there is no saying how far we are not indebted for our ordinary notions of angels themselves to Plato , nor indeed how far the ...
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