The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855) : Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary |
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... causing the fruits to perish , and the grass to wither , and the wells to dry up . Sometimes , too , the great all - seeing divinity , in his wrath at the impiety of men , would shoot down his scorching arrows , causing pestilence to ...
... causing the fruits to perish , and the grass to wither , and the wells to dry up . Sometimes , too , the great all - seeing divinity , in his wrath at the impiety of men , would shoot down his scorching arrows , causing pestilence to ...
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... causes of things ; and second , credulity that impels them to invent or to accept childish stories that may satisfy their untutored experience . We find , moreover , that savages nowadays think of everything around them as having life ...
... causes of things ; and second , credulity that impels them to invent or to accept childish stories that may satisfy their untutored experience . We find , moreover , that savages nowadays think of everything around them as having life ...
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... " 1 Ency . Brit . , Mythology . 2 Chr . A. Lobeck , Aglaophamus : On the Causes of Greek Mythology . Cited by Lang . : It is of course probable that occasionally the questionable 14 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... " 1 Ency . Brit . , Mythology . 2 Chr . A. Lobeck , Aglaophamus : On the Causes of Greek Mythology . Cited by Lang . : It is of course probable that occasionally the questionable 14 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... cause of an event which reversed the poet's happy circumstances , and clouded the latter portion of his life . At the age of fifty he was ban- ished from Rome , and ordered to betake himself to Tomi , on the borders of the Black Sea ...
... cause of an event which reversed the poet's happy circumstances , and clouded the latter portion of his life . At the age of fifty he was ban- ished from Rome , and ordered to betake himself to Tomi , on the borders of the Black Sea ...
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... caused the mist to spin round the central fiery air till the mass , assuming the form of a huge World- egg , flew , by reason of its rapid rotation , into halves . Of these , one was Heaven , the other Earth . From the centre of the egg ...
... caused the mist to spin round the central fiery air till the mass , assuming the form of a huge World- egg , flew , by reason of its rapid rotation , into halves . Of these , one was Heaven , the other Earth . From the centre of the egg ...
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