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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And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. shifting the whole mystery of Deity from a first cause to a second . The old dilemma between omnipotence and om- nibenevolence perplexed the understanding then , as ...
And Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected Leigh Hunt Joseph Edward Babson. shifting the whole mystery of Deity from a first cause to a second . The old dilemma between omnipotence and om- nibenevolence perplexed the understanding then , as ...
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... whole a jovial company , occasionally dis- persed about the world , and assembling on Mount Olym- * The hope of a happier state of things on earth , argues nothing against a life hereafter . The fitness of a human soul for immortality ...
... whole a jovial company , occasionally dis- persed about the world , and assembling on Mount Olym- * The hope of a happier state of things on earth , argues nothing against a life hereafter . The fitness of a human soul for immortality ...
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... whole of the faithful on earth and in heaven , with all the angelical hierarchies , are lifting up their voices in unison ! one of the sublimest and most beautiful fancies that ever entered into the heart of man . write in a nobler ...
... whole of the faithful on earth and in heaven , with all the angelical hierarchies , are lifting up their voices in unison ! one of the sublimest and most beautiful fancies that ever entered into the heart of man . write in a nobler ...
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... whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must be- come intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer , Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures of Phidias and ...
... whole round of the spirit of heathenism to perfection , must be- come intimate with the poetry of Milton and Spenser ; of Ovid , Homer , Theocritus , and the Greek tragedians ; with the novels of Wieland , the sculptures of Phidias and ...
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... whole of our species with us , and not al- ways be looking after our own lost perfections . The guardian demons assigned to man , came out of the whole of these orders indiscriminately . Their rank was proportioned to the virtue and ...
... whole of our species with us , and not al- ways be looking after our own lost perfections . The guardian demons assigned to man , came out of the whole of these orders indiscriminately . Their rank was proportioned to the virtue and ...
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