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4. (1855) The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes

He touched the stem, and felt the flesh tremble under the new bark. […] Could you keep your course while the sphere was revolving under you? […] One leg was shorter than the rest, but a piece of slate put under restored the level. […] Still another depicted Europa deceived by Jupiter under the disguise of a bull. […] The gods, out of compassion, made her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and him a god, under that of Palæmon.

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