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8 total sentences available.
King Atlas called straight to minde an auncient prophesie Made by Parnassian Themys, which this sentence did implie: The time shall one day, Atlas, come in which thy golden tree Shall of hir fayre and precious fruite dispoyld and robbed bee.
Source: wiktionary
There is a certain poetic ground, on which a man cannot tread without feelings that enlarge the heart: the causes of human depravity vanish before the romantic enthusiasm he professes, and many who are not able to reach the Parnassian heights, may yet approach so near as to be bettered by the air of the climate.
Source: wiktionary
The bohemian lifestyle, which had existed in Western societies since the early nineteenth century, suddenly ceased to be the domain of an artistic minority and developed into a mass "counterculture" bent on shocking the bourgeoisie. This counterculture arrived ready-made, with its [illegible] and sex, its long hair and eccentricities, the product of two centuries of slow maturation in Parnassian garrets.
Source: wiktionary
[…] at last, — this is the point to be marked, - they can see things in this Parnassian way and describe them in this Parnassian tongue, without further effort of inspiration.
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Closest matches include balladmonger, bard, elegist, jongleur, laureate.
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