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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... turned them out loons . It is better that a few of the facts in their heads be wrong , than that no facts be there at all . With all our study of children and our gabble about methods of teaching them , while we insist , properly enough ...
... turned them out loons . It is better that a few of the facts in their heads be wrong , than that no facts be there at all . With all our study of children and our gabble about methods of teaching them , while we insist , properly enough ...
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... turned to music and dancing ; for the lyre and flute and song were dear to her . Muses , Graces , nymphs , and the fair goddesses themselves thronged the rites of the chorus - leading queen . But ordinarily a woodland chapel or a rustic ...
... turned to music and dancing ; for the lyre and flute and song were dear to her . Muses , Graces , nymphs , and the fair goddesses themselves thronged the rites of the chorus - leading queen . But ordinarily a woodland chapel or a rustic ...
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... turned , and called again and again to her dear playmates , stretching out her hands , but they could not reach her . The strand he gained , and forward he sped like a dolphin , faring with unwetted hooves over the wide waves . And the ...
... turned , and called again and again to her dear playmates , stretching out her hands , but they could not reach her . The strand he gained , and forward he sped like a dolphin , faring with unwetted hooves over the wide waves . And the ...
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... turned Soul - sick from their unending fooleries . . . . " There came a change : a glory fell to me . No more ' twas Semele , the lonely girl , But Jupiter's Beloved , Semele . With human arms the god came clasping me : New life ...
... turned Soul - sick from their unending fooleries . . . . " There came a change : a glory fell to me . No more ' twas Semele , the lonely girl , But Jupiter's Beloved , Semele . With human arms the god came clasping me : New life ...
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... Turned round so quick you scarce could see't ; But slackened by some secret power , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near allied , Had never left each other's side . The chimney to a steeple grown , The jack ...
... Turned round so quick you scarce could see't ; But slackened by some secret power , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near allied , Had never left each other's side . The chimney to a steeple grown , The jack ...
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