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The heroes : or Greek fairy tales for my children (1879)

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 124

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fellover land and sea, while the black glen shone withtheir broad white limbs, and the gleam of theirgolden hair. And the lad danced with them, delighted, andthen slept a wholesome sleep, upon fragrant leavesof, bay, and myrtle, and marjoram, and flowers ofthyme; and rose at the dawn, and bathed in… … p. ?-\. THE AEGONAUTS. 85 keen hungry mountain air. And he learnt towrestle, and to box, and to hunt, aiid to play uponthe harp ; and next he learnt to ride, for old Cheironused to mount him on his back; and he learnt thevirtues of all herbs, and how to cure all wounds;and Cheiron called him Jason…

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