False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... fictions , and increased their credit , by their lively descriptions and harmonious numbers . assigned to each deity his particular attributes and functions ; they re- corded the actions of gods and he- roes , and celebrated their ...
... fictions , and increased their credit , by their lively descriptions and harmonious numbers . assigned to each deity his particular attributes and functions ; they re- corded the actions of gods and he- roes , and celebrated their ...
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... , and design- ing or credulous people relate many marvellous stories of Mermaids ; and some from such authority as to gain the belief of many people ; but little children , believe them not . They are fictions , and no where to be found.
... , and design- ing or credulous people relate many marvellous stories of Mermaids ; and some from such authority as to gain the belief of many people ; but little children , believe them not . They are fictions , and no where to be found.
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They are fictions , and no where to be found but in the imagination , or tales of travellers , and the wild fan- cy of the poet . * The annexed cut is the form in which she is repre- sented , holding a mirror in one hand , and combing ...
They are fictions , and no where to be found but in the imagination , or tales of travellers , and the wild fan- cy of the poet . * The annexed cut is the form in which she is repre- sented , holding a mirror in one hand , and combing ...
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... fictions of the poets , they have pretended that it owes its ex- istence to the purest of elements , which cannot consume it and they have called it the daughter of fire , giving it , however , a body of ice . The moderns have followed ...
... fictions of the poets , they have pretended that it owes its ex- istence to the purest of elements , which cannot consume it and they have called it the daughter of fire , giving it , however , a body of ice . The moderns have followed ...
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