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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... deep scientific or philosophical import were invented by savages . Where the myth has every mark of great antiquity , — is especially silly and senseless and savage , - it is safe to believe that any profound allegorical meaning , read ...
... deep scientific or philosophical import were invented by savages . Where the myth has every mark of great antiquity , — is especially silly and senseless and savage , - it is safe to believe that any profound allegorical meaning , read ...
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... deep and mighty flood , encircling land and sea like a serpent with its tail in its mouth , was the source of all . According to other myths Night and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature , and from them sprang Light . Still a ...
... deep and mighty flood , encircling land and sea like a serpent with its tail in its mouth , was the source of all . According to other myths Night and Darkness were the prime elements of Nature , and from them sprang Light . Still a ...
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... deep , and serious , Words that whispered , songs that haunted ! " All the soul in rapt suspension , All the quivering , palpitating Chords of life in utmost tension , With the fervor of invention , With the rapture of creating ! " Ah ...
... deep , and serious , Words that whispered , songs that haunted ! " All the soul in rapt suspension , All the quivering , palpitating Chords of life in utmost tension , With the fervor of invention , With the rapture of creating ! " Ah ...
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... deep , Where golden gardens glow , Where the winds of the north , becalmed in sleep , Their conch - shells never blow . " On the south side of the earth , close to the stream of Ocean , dwelt the Ethiopians , whom the gods held in such ...
... deep , Where golden gardens glow , Where the winds of the north , becalmed in sleep , Their conch - shells never blow . " On the south side of the earth , close to the stream of Ocean , dwelt the Ethiopians , whom the gods held in such ...
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... deep in the bowels of the Earth ; but in the Odyssey it is in the far west on a low - lying island of Ocean.2 The realm of dark- ness underground is bounded by awful rivers : the Styx , sacred even among the gods , for by it they sealed ...
... deep in the bowels of the Earth ; but in the Odyssey it is in the far west on a low - lying island of Ocean.2 The realm of dark- ness underground is bounded by awful rivers : the Styx , sacred even among the gods , for by it they sealed ...
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