If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society,… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
“Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you.” — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
“So near the track of the stars are we, That oft, on night's pale beams, The distant sounds of their harmony Come to our… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse. — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share
