Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry

Vinycomb, John· 2 chapters· 49,829 words

of whom we have any full account; for man has his intellectual as well as his bodily appetite, and these things are the food of his imagination and faith. They are found wherever there is language and discourse of reason; in other words, wherever there is man. And in similar s...

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1. ii. 1817, "mythological and romantic tales are current among all savages

of whom we have any full account; for man has his intellectual as well as his bodily appetite, and these things are the food of his imagination and faith. They are found whereve...

2. Book ii. cant. cxii.

"OBERON: ... Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil...