The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).Charles Mills Gayley |
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... sweet simplicity , the orderly restraint , the severe regard , the filial awe that pervade the myths of Greece and Rome , or with the newness of life and fulness and wonder of it , the naïveté and the INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
... sweet simplicity , the orderly restraint , the severe regard , the filial awe that pervade the myths of Greece and Rome , or with the newness of life and fulness and wonder of it , the naïveté and the INTRODUCTION . xxxi.
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... sweet : And from that lesser Aphrodite there - Even now she stands Close as I turn , and O my soul , how fair ! " $ 41. Mercury ( Hermes ) , born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia , was the son of Jupiter and Maia ( the daughter of ...
... sweet : And from that lesser Aphrodite there - Even now she stands Close as I turn , and O my soul , how fair ! " $ 41. Mercury ( Hermes ) , born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia , was the son of Jupiter and Maia ( the daughter of ...
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... overflows With honey pure and sweet ; And clustering round that holy mouth , The golden bees in eager drouth Plied busy wings and feet ; They knew , what every lover knows , There's no 70 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... overflows With honey pure and sweet ; And clustering round that holy mouth , The golden bees in eager drouth Plied busy wings and feet ; They knew , what every lover knows , There's no 70 CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... Sweet semblance , friendly offices that bind , And all the complements of courtesy ; They teach us how to each degree and kind We should ourselves demean , to low , to high , To friends , to foes ; which skill men call civility . ( 4 ) ...
... Sweet semblance , friendly offices that bind , And all the complements of courtesy ; They teach us how to each degree and kind We should ourselves demean , to low , to high , To friends , to foes ; which skill men call civility . ( 4 ) ...
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... sweet musician sung , Of Bacchus ever fair , and ever young . The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . " 1 1 From Alexander's Feast , by Dryden . § 47. The Lesser ...
... sweet musician sung , Of Bacchus ever fair , and ever young . The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . " 1 1 From Alexander's Feast , by Dryden . § 47. The Lesser ...
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