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 37
... thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! 66 Questo è il Paradiso , Più dolce , che fra l ' acque , e fra l ' arene In ciel son le Sirene ...
... thought ; this the spot where our better spirits await to exalt and enliven us , when the daily and vulgar ones have discharged their duty ! 66 Questo è il Paradiso , Più dolce , che fra l ' acque , e fra l ' arene In ciel son le Sirene ...
Page 39
... thoughts . Then , for imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or ...
... thoughts . Then , for imagination's sake , not for superstition's , are recalled the stories of the Secret World and the midnight pranks of Fairyism . The fancy roams out of doors after rustics led astray by the jack- o ' - lantern , or ...
Page 41
... and " A Day by the Fire " is full of Leigh Hunt's peculiarities of thought and diction . The question of authorship , however , is not to be de- ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE . GREEABLY to our chivalrous , as A DAY BY THE FIRE . 4I.
... and " A Day by the Fire " is full of Leigh Hunt's peculiarities of thought and diction . The question of authorship , however , is not to be de- ON COMMONPLACE PEOPLE . GREEABLY to our chivalrous , as A DAY BY THE FIRE . 4I.
Page 42
... thought fit , in our present number , to take the part of a very numerous and ill - treated body of persons , known by the various appellations of commonplace people , dull fellows , or people who have nothing to say . - It is perhaps ...
... thought fit , in our present number , to take the part of a very numerous and ill - treated body of persons , known by the various appellations of commonplace people , dull fellows , or people who have nothing to say . - It is perhaps ...
Page 46
... thought particularly to overrate his intellectual qualities in general ; and yet it is beautiful to see how he will let down his mind to the other's level , taking pleasure in his harmless enjoyment , and assenting to a thousand truisms ...
... thought particularly to overrate his intellectual qualities in general ; and yet it is beautiful to see how he will let down his mind to the other's level , taking pleasure in his harmless enjoyment , and assenting to a thousand truisms ...
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