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 29
... light to counterfeit a gloom , Far from all resort of mirth , Save the cricket on the hearth , Or the bellman's ... light ashes shed themselves be- low , or a stronger , but still a gentle , flame flutters up with a gleam over the ...
... light to counterfeit a gloom , Far from all resort of mirth , Save the cricket on the hearth , Or the bellman's ... light ashes shed themselves be- low , or a stronger , but still a gentle , flame flutters up with a gleam over the ...
Page 30
... light beneath the grate , or it curls around one of the bars like a tongue , or darts out with a spiral thinness and a sulphurous and continued puffing as from a reed . The glowing coals meantime exhibit the shifting forms of hills and ...
... light beneath the grate , or it curls around one of the bars like a tongue , or darts out with a spiral thinness and a sulphurous and continued puffing as from a reed . The glowing coals meantime exhibit the shifting forms of hills and ...
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... light is as radiance through crystal , whose dwellings are laurel bowers , whose language is poetry , whose inhabitants are congenial souls , and to enter the very verge of whose atmosphere strikes beauty on the face , and felicity on ...
... light is as radiance through crystal , whose dwellings are laurel bowers , whose language is poetry , whose inhabitants are congenial souls , and to enter the very verge of whose atmosphere strikes beauty on the face , and felicity on ...
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... light is diffused from the fire over the circle , gleaming in the urn and the polished mahogany , bringing out the white gar- ments of the ladies , and giving a poetic warmth to their face and hair ! I need not mention all the good ...
... light is diffused from the fire over the circle , gleaming in the urn and the polished mahogany , bringing out the white gar- ments of the ladies , and giving a poetic warmth to their face and hair ! I need not mention all the good ...
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... light enough to be taken on the knee ) , that a general description would avail me nothing , and I cannot be expected to enter into such a variety of particulars . Suffice it to say that , where the fire is duly appreciated , and the ...
... light enough to be taken on the knee ) , that a general description would avail me nothing , and I cannot be expected to enter into such a variety of particulars . Suffice it to say that , where the fire is duly appreciated , and the ...
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