Letters Concerning MythologyNineteen letters published anonymously. A person who remains unidentified started the series but died before completing the 8th letter. "The additions to the seventh and eighth, and all the rest, were written by the author of the Enquiry into the life and writings of Homer [Thomas Blackwell]"--Page iv. The 2nd ed. (London : Printed for E. Dilly, 1757; Cf. BLC 18th cent. STC) on its t.p. names Thomas Blackwell as author, as do various authorities (BLC, DNB, Halkett & Laing; but cf. BLC under Blackwell). |
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... feems to fay , That it is not without reason we fuppofe a Connexion be- tween a certain Set of Features , and fuch and fuch Manners which usually attend them . Yours did not deceive me , who am affectionately , C < a Your & c . a ...
... feems to fay , That it is not without reason we fuppofe a Connexion be- tween a certain Set of Features , and fuch and fuch Manners which usually attend them . Yours did not deceive me , who am affectionately , C < a Your & c . a ...
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... other ; and " from no Confideration more than from the " Effects of Madness . This Diftemper likewife " feems properly to affect the thinking Faculty , B 4 " the Lett . 5 . cc " the Soul . Yet Letters concerning Mythology . 23.
... other ; and " from no Confideration more than from the " Effects of Madness . This Diftemper likewife " feems properly to affect the thinking Faculty , B 4 " the Lett . 5 . cc " the Soul . Yet Letters concerning Mythology . 23.
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... feems likewife to be taken in the triteft Acceptation for a Hearth and a Home : A Bleffing whofe Importance our naked Forefathers when driven from Wood to Wood by civil Wars , or haraffed by Danish and Saxon Incurfions , could much ...
... feems likewife to be taken in the triteft Acceptation for a Hearth and a Home : A Bleffing whofe Importance our naked Forefathers when driven from Wood to Wood by civil Wars , or haraffed by Danish and Saxon Incurfions , could much ...
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... Breaft ( moral Philofophy ) gave the Glofs and Colouring , and as they languish or glow , it is tarnished and fades or blooms with Life , and by a fecret Magic seems . Lett . 9 . feems at times to take fire Letters concerning Mythology .
... Breaft ( moral Philofophy ) gave the Glofs and Colouring , and as they languish or glow , it is tarnished and fades or blooms with Life , and by a fecret Magic seems . Lett . 9 . feems at times to take fire Letters concerning Mythology .
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Thomas Blackwell. Lett . 9 . feems at times to take fire , and mount into a Blaze . THIS was the wondrous Robe long wore by the POWER that enchanted Mankind , that tranf formed them from Brutes and Savages into civi- lized Creatures ...
Thomas Blackwell. Lett . 9 . feems at times to take fire , and mount into a Blaze . THIS was the wondrous Robe long wore by the POWER that enchanted Mankind , that tranf formed them from Brutes and Savages into civi- lized Creatures ...
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