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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... thou- sands of years to examine the habits of thought and life of early savages , we are constrained to examine whether anywhere nowa- days there may exist " any stage of the human intellect in which these divine adventures and changes ...
... thou- sands of years to examine the habits of thought and life of early savages , we are constrained to examine whether anywhere nowa- days there may exist " any stage of the human intellect in which these divine adventures and changes ...
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... thou wert from high , Still , in thy patient energy , In the endurance and repulse Of thine impenetrable spirit , Which earth and heaven could not convulse , A mighty lesson we inherit . " 1 § 26. A happy application of the story of ...
... thou wert from high , Still , in thy patient energy , In the endurance and repulse Of thine impenetrable spirit , Which earth and heaven could not convulse , A mighty lesson we inherit . " 1 § 26. A happy application of the story of ...
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... Thou that mak'st a day of night , Goddess excellently bright . " 1 3 § 40. Venus , goddess of love and beauty , was , according to the more ancient Greek conception , a daughter of Jupiter and Dione ; " but Hesiod says that she arose ...
... Thou that mak'st a day of night , Goddess excellently bright . " 1 3 § 40. Venus , goddess of love and beauty , was , according to the more ancient Greek conception , a daughter of Jupiter and Dione ; " but Hesiod says that she arose ...
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... Thou , too , O fairer spirit , walkest here Upon the lifted hills : Wherever that still thought within the breast The inner beauty of the world hath moved ; In starlight that the dome of even- ing fills ; On endless waters rounding to ...
... Thou , too , O fairer spirit , walkest here Upon the lifted hills : Wherever that still thought within the breast The inner beauty of the world hath moved ; In starlight that the dome of even- ing fills ; On endless waters rounding to ...
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... thou art there before me suddenly , With shade as if a summer cloud did pass , And spray of fountains whispering to the grass . Oh , save me from the haste and noise and heat That spoil life's music sweet : And from that lesser ...
... thou art there before me suddenly , With shade as if a summer cloud did pass , And spray of fountains whispering to the grass . Oh , save me from the haste and noise and heat That spoil life's music sweet : And from that lesser ...
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