...a classic origin ; but likewise to retrace some of the classic fictions to, their primitive Eastern derivation. In the middle ages the Arabians borrowed largely from the Greeks ; and the latter in much earlier times, derived from the banks of the Ganges, and not unfrequently through...

...likewise to retrace some of the clas.ic fictions to their primitive Eastern derivation. In the rr.iddle ages, the Arabians borrowed largely from the Greeks,...from the banks of the Ganges, and not unfrequently :.-.n:cgh Egypt, the greater part of their literature and mythology." And again, ' ' Some descriptions...

...to a classic origin, and likewise to retrace some of the classic fictions to their primitive Eastern derivation. In the middle ages, the Arabians borrowed...times, derived from the banks of the Ganges, and not unfrequentiy through Egypt, the greater part of their literature and mythology." And again, " Some...

...derivation. Literary history seems to comprise a series of gradual temporal and geographical displacements : 'In the middle ages the Arabians borrowed largely...of Egypt, the greater part of their literature and mythology.'74 Thomas Warton had supposed that the 'fiction of the Fairies' had been 'brought, with...