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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... the past . In this new world of ours , shall slopes and mountains , gorges , cañons , flowery fields and forests , rivers , bays , Titanic lakes , and shoreless reach of ocean be seen of eyes that lack INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
... the past . In this new world of ours , shall slopes and mountains , gorges , cañons , flowery fields and forests , rivers , bays , Titanic lakes , and shoreless reach of ocean be seen of eyes that lack INTRODUCTION . xxxvii.
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... eyes that lack insight , be known of men for whom nature does not live ? Surely the age of myth is not yet wholly past ; surely the beauties and the wonders of nature are a fable of things never fully revealed ; surely this new republic ...
... eyes that lack insight , be known of men for whom nature does not live ? Surely the age of myth is not yet wholly past ; surely the beauties and the wonders of nature are a fable of things never fully revealed ; surely this new republic ...
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... with ravishment . The nightly hunter , lifting up his eyes Toward the crescent Moon , with grateful heart 1 Excursion , Bk . IV . Called on the lovely Wanderer who bestowed That timely light ORIGIN AND ELEMENTS OF MYTH . 15.
... with ravishment . The nightly hunter , lifting up his eyes Toward the crescent Moon , with grateful heart 1 Excursion , Bk . IV . Called on the lovely Wanderer who bestowed That timely light ORIGIN AND ELEMENTS OF MYTH . 15.
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... eyes to understand the first words spoken of them by the children of men . And then , in all the most beautiful and enduring myths , we shall find not only a literal story of a real person- not only a parallel imagery of moral principle ...
... eyes to understand the first words spoken of them by the children of men . And then , in all the most beautiful and enduring myths , we shall find not only a literal story of a real person- not only a parallel imagery of moral principle ...
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... eyes shot fire , and from his black - tongued chaps proceeded the hissing of snakes , the bellowing of bulls , the roaring of lions , the barking of dogs , pipings and screams , and , at times , the voice and utterance of the gods ...
... eyes shot fire , and from his black - tongued chaps proceeded the hissing of snakes , the bellowing of bulls , the roaring of lions , the barking of dogs , pipings and screams , and , at times , the voice and utterance of the gods ...
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