The most different and barbarous languages present a certain number of images which are the same, because they have their source in the nature of our intellect and our sensations.

Darkness is everywhere connected with the idea of death.

The Grotto of Caripe is the Tartarus of the Greeks; and the Guacharos, which hover over the rivulet, uttering plaintive cries, remind us of the Stygian birds.

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