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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... 434. ) The heroines were the female saints . We make this remark in no ironical spirit , though the Abbé would not thank us for it . stories of the gods , and their freaks upon earth GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 61.
... 434. ) The heroines were the female saints . We make this remark in no ironical spirit , though the Abbé would not thank us for it . stories of the gods , and their freaks upon earth GENII OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS . 61.
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And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. stories of the gods , and their freaks upon earth ; for de- mons , any more than angels , were not incapable of a little aberration . The supposed visits , for ...
And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. stories of the gods , and their freaks upon earth ; for de- mons , any more than angels , were not incapable of a little aberration . The supposed visits , for ...
Page 66
... story as related by Plutarch , and translated by Creech , in the " Morals by several Hands . " Vol . II . p . 287. The street preferred by the philosopher was " Trunkmakers Street , " and the fatal one " Gravers Row , " says Creech ...
... story as related by Plutarch , and translated by Creech , in the " Morals by several Hands . " Vol . II . p . 287. The street preferred by the philosopher was " Trunkmakers Street , " and the fatal one " Gravers Row , " says Creech ...
Page 69
... story of a good demon that has come down to us in the records of antiquity . Some philosophers had theirs long after- wards ; but these were evident imitations . Stories of bad demons , according to the vulgar notion , are more numer ...
... story of a good demon that has come down to us in the records of antiquity . Some philosophers had theirs long after- wards ; but these were evident imitations . Stories of bad demons , according to the vulgar notion , are more numer ...
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... story before ( in the " Indicator " ) , * and it is little to tell , we shall proceed to give the noblest passage ever written about demons , in the scene out of Shake- speare . The spirit that appeared to Brutus has been vari- ously ...
... story before ( in the " Indicator " ) , * and it is little to tell , we shall proceed to give the noblest passage ever written about demons , in the scene out of Shake- speare . The spirit that appeared to Brutus has been vari- ously ...
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