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... coloured arch touching , as it seems to do , the earth itself , is a road to glory . In the Edda it is the three - coloured bridge Bifröst , " the quivering track " over which the gods walk , and of which the red is fire , so that the ...
... coloured arch touching , as it seems to do , the earth itself , is a road to glory . In the Edda it is the three - coloured bridge Bifröst , " the quivering track " over which the gods walk , and of which the red is fire , so that the ...
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... colouring and for changes incident to the lapse of time , they are the variants of stories presumably related in the Aryan father- land at a period historically remote , and , moreover , are told in words which are phonetically akin ...
... colouring and for changes incident to the lapse of time , they are the variants of stories presumably related in the Aryan father- land at a period historically remote , and , moreover , are told in words which are phonetically akin ...
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... colouring , historical fact blended with the fiction , popular belief , and superstition , all affected by the skill of the professional story - teller . As in the numerous variants of the familiar Cinder- ella , Beauty and the Beast ...
... colouring , historical fact blended with the fiction , popular belief , and superstition , all affected by the skill of the professional story - teller . As in the numerous variants of the familiar Cinder- ella , Beauty and the Beast ...
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... colouring and to the inventiveness of the narrators or transcribers ; and , omitting these , it will suffice to give the Egyptian variant or corre- sponding form , in which the tragical has given place to the amusing , save , perhaps ...
... colouring and to the inventiveness of the narrators or transcribers ; and , omitting these , it will suffice to give the Egyptian variant or corre- sponding form , in which the tragical has given place to the amusing , save , perhaps ...
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... Coloured Frontispiece and Illustra- tions , cloth gilt , 78. 6d . Agony Column ( The ) of " The Times , " from 1800 to 1870. Edited , with an Introduction , by ALICE CLAY . Post 8vo , cloth limp , 2s . 6d . Aide ( Hamilton ) , Works by ...
... Coloured Frontispiece and Illustra- tions , cloth gilt , 78. 6d . Agony Column ( The ) of " The Times , " from 1800 to 1870. Edited , with an Introduction , by ALICE CLAY . Post 8vo , cloth limp , 2s . 6d . Aide ( Hamilton ) , Works by ...
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ancestors ancient animal appear Aryan Author barbaric beasts become belief body breath called causes CHARLES cloth extra cloth limp common Complete conception concerning connection continued course Crown 8vo custom dark dead death difference disease dreams earth Edited evidence existence explanation expressed fact father GEORGE GEORGE CRUIKSHANK give given gods Greek hand heart heaven human idea illustrated boards Indian killed King land language legend less light living Love man's matter meaning mind moon myth mythology nature never night Notes Novels numerous object origin passed Persian play Poems popular Post 8vo present primitive races reference regarded relation religion remained round savage shadow soul spirit story Tell theory things Thomas thought Three tion Translated tree tribes Vols whilst wind
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