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 52
... true the phi- losopher refined upon all this : and agreeably to the way in which Nature works , there was a sort of cultivation of energy underneath it and an instinct of something beyond * See the description in books and prints , the ...
... true the phi- losopher refined upon all this : and agreeably to the way in which Nature works , there was a sort of cultivation of energy underneath it and an instinct of something beyond * See the description in books and prints , the ...
Page 58
... true taste of the antique . Nay , it is possible that the melancholy of mod- ern genius to the eyes of which a larger and obscurer world has been thrown open , may have discovered a more imaginative character in the mythology of the ...
... true taste of the antique . Nay , it is possible that the melancholy of mod- ern genius to the eyes of which a larger and obscurer world has been thrown open , may have discovered a more imaginative character in the mythology of the ...
Page 61
... true they derived them all from the Hebrew , — which is about as much as if they had said that the Egyptians were skilled in all the learning of Moses , instead of Moses in all the learning of the Egyp tians . * Demons and heroes were ...
... true they derived them all from the Hebrew , — which is about as much as if they had said that the Egyptians were skilled in all the learning of Moses , instead of Moses in all the learning of the Egyp tians . * Demons and heroes were ...
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... true look of feeling , and which must afterwards have had great effect ) , that it was not his fault if he beheld in omens and intimations the immediate influence of his guardian angel , and not merely the omens themselves . That he did ...
... true look of feeling , and which must afterwards have had great effect ) , that it was not his fault if he beheld in omens and intimations the immediate influence of his guardian angel , and not merely the omens themselves . That he did ...
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... true piece of Platonical coloring , founded upon the old Greek alle- gories . These nursery grounds , sprouting with infants and with the germs of all things , would make a very happy place if it were not for Time , who with his ...
... true piece of Platonical coloring , founded upon the old Greek alle- gories . These nursery grounds , sprouting with infants and with the germs of all things , would make a very happy place if it were not for Time , who with his ...
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