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 56
... 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 himself ; An eye like Mars to threaten and command ; A station like the ...
... 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 himself ; An eye like Mars to threaten and command ; A station like the ...
Page 57
... reason at Prior , for comparing his Chloes to Venus and Diana , and talking of their going out a hunting with ivory quivers graceful at their side . This was the French no- tion of using the Greek fables ; and with the French , in- deed ...
... reason at Prior , for comparing his Chloes to Venus and Diana , and talking of their going out a hunting with ivory quivers graceful at their side . This was the French no- tion of using the Greek fables ; and with the French , in- deed ...
Page 59
... reason which will be seen by and by . The ill sense in which demon is now taken , originated with the Fathers of the Church , who , assuming that a pagan intelligence must be a bad one , caused the word to become synonymous with devil ...
... reason which will be seen by and by . The ill sense in which demon is now taken , originated with the Fathers of the Church , who , assuming that a pagan intelligence must be a bad one , caused the word to become synonymous with devil ...
Page 60
... reason , he conceived that , agreeably to the ranks and gradations which we 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 ...
... reason , he conceived that , agreeably to the ranks and gradations which we 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 ...
Page 62
... demon , though some- times called a demon by reason of its superiority , but man himself . It was immortal , pre - existent ; and the object of virtue was to restore it to its former state 62 GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS .
... demon , though some- times called a demon by reason of its superiority , but man himself . It was immortal , pre - existent ; and the object of virtue was to restore it to its former state 62 GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS .
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