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Story II. - The Argonauts | Charles Kingsley | |
Part IV - How The Argonauts Sailed To Colchis |
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'No wall so high but it may be climbed at last, and no wood so thick but it may be crawled through; no serpent so wary but he may be charmed, or witch-queen so fierce but spells may soothe her; and I may yet win the golden fleece, if a wise maiden help bold men.' And he looked at Medeia cunningly, and held her with his glittering eye, till she blushed and trembled, and said - 'Who can face the fire of the bulls' breath, and fight ten thousand armed men?' 'He whom you help,' said Jason, flattering her, 'for your fame is spread over all the earth. Are you not the queen of all enchantresses, wiser even than your sister Circe, in her fairy island in the West?' |
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