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 53
... less they were seen , the less the dignity on either side was compromised ; for their effect might be as gigantic as possible . - 66 The truest grandeur is moral . When there is a heaven- quake because Jupiter has bent his brows ...
... less they were seen , the less the dignity on either side was compromised ; for their effect might be as gigantic as possible . - 66 The truest grandeur is moral . When there is a heaven- quake because Jupiter has bent his brows ...
Page 56
... less ; but the greatest most of all . Shakespeare included it for the very reason that he left no part of the world un- sympathized with ; namely , that he was , of all poets , the most universal . Hyperion's curls ; the front of Jove ...
... less ; but the greatest most of all . Shakespeare included it for the very reason that he left no part of the world un- sympathized with ; namely , that he was , of all poets , the most universal . Hyperion's curls ; the front of Jove ...
Page 86
... less have those sunny nations any embodied system of fairyism . Their fairies are the * See an excellent article in the " Quarterly Review , " entitled " Antiquities of Nursery Literature . " Of similar merit and probably by the same ...
... less have those sunny nations any embodied system of fairyism . Their fairies are the * See an excellent article in the " Quarterly Review , " entitled " Antiquities of Nursery Literature . " Of similar merit and probably by the same ...
Page 91
... less warlike than themselves , and much inferior in strength and stature , might yet excel them in dexterity ; and addicting themselves to the manual arts , might carry on commerce with them , sufficiently extensive to have the fame of ...
... less warlike than themselves , and much inferior in strength and stature , might yet excel them in dexterity ; and addicting themselves to the manual arts , might carry on commerce with them , sufficiently extensive to have the fame of ...
Page 92
... less exerted in vain to this day ) , a sort of half - and - half case was made out for them ; and the inhabitants of several northern countries are still of opinion that elves may be saved , and that it is cruel to tell them otherwise ...
... less exerted in vain to this day ) , a sort of half - and - half case was made out for them ; and the inhabitants of several northern countries are still of opinion that elves may be saved , and that it is cruel to tell them otherwise ...
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