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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... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
... with Rising ; Breakfast in Summer ; Anac Poets upon it ; The Piano - forte ; reon
; The Wrong Sides of Scholar Why Sweet Music produces Sadness ; ship and No
Scholarship ; Cricket ; Dancing and lancers ; Twelfth A Dusty Day ; Bricklayers ...
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I have been reading some of Leigh Hunt's works lately , and am surprised at the
freshness , and sweetness , and Christian , not lax , spirit of human benevolence
and toleration which existed in the heart of one who was the contemporary , and
...
I have been reading some of Leigh Hunt's works lately , and am surprised at the
freshness , and sweetness , and Christian , not lax , spirit of human benevolence
and toleration which existed in the heart of one who was the contemporary , and
...
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... and earth and heaven contained in that sweet possession ; the poet ,
thoughtful as the one , and ardent as the other , springs off at once above the
world , treads every turn of the harmonious spheres , darts up with gleaming
wings through ...
... and earth and heaven contained in that sweet possession ; the poet ,
thoughtful as the one , and ardent as the other , springs off at once above the
world , treads every turn of the harmonious spheres , darts up with gleaming
wings through ...
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It is then , if tastes happen to be accordant , and the social voice is frank as well
as refined , that the “ sweet music of speech ” is heard in its best harmony ,
differing only for apter sweetness , and mingling but for happier participation ,
while the ...
It is then , if tastes happen to be accordant , and the social voice is frank as well
as refined , that the “ sweet music of speech ” is heard in its best harmony ,
differing only for apter sweetness , and mingling but for happier participation ,
while the ...
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... or to sum up all that is sweet as well as powerful , when Juno goes to Venus to
borrow her girdle , in order that she may appear irresistible in the eyes of Jupiter ;
it is then we feel all the force and beauty of the Greek fables ; and an intimacy ...
... or to sum up all that is sweet as well as powerful , when Juno goes to Venus to
borrow her girdle , in order that she may appear irresistible in the eyes of Jupiter ;
it is then we feel all the force and beauty of the Greek fables ; and an intimacy ...
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| Title | A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Editor | Joseph Edward Babson |
| Publisher | Roberts Brothers, 1870 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Aug 2019 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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