The Works of Apuleius: Comprising the Metamorphoses, Or Golden Ass, The God of Socrates, The Florida, and His Defence, Or A Discourse on MagicBell & Daldy, 1872 - 533 pages |
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... Behold , then , I preface with asking pardon , should I in any way offend by my unskilful use of a strange and foreign tongue . Indeed this very change of language well befits the description of the transformatory art of magic , of ...
... Behold , then , I preface with asking pardon , should I in any way offend by my unskilful use of a strange and foreign tongue . Indeed this very change of language well befits the description of the transformatory art of magic , of ...
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... behold ! at the very same instant the porter burst into the room , bawling out , ' Where are you , you who were * Saw the depths of Tartarus . ] — Of course in a dream . Just at that hour - He knows all about it , even to the precise ...
... behold ! at the very same instant the porter burst into the room , bawling out , ' Where are you , you who were * Saw the depths of Tartarus . ] — Of course in a dream . Just at that hour - He knows all about it , even to the precise ...
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... behold him whom you , in your drunken fit , falsely accused me of having mur- dered . ' So saying , I embraced Socrates , and was for loading him with kisses ; but he , being assailed by the stench of the most filthy liquor with which ...
... behold him whom you , in your drunken fit , falsely accused me of having mur- dered . ' So saying , I embraced Socrates , and was for loading him with kisses ; but he , being assailed by the stench of the most filthy liquor with which ...
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... Behold your entertainment . " " " Tis well , " said I , and immediately delivered him the letter from Demeas . Having hastily read it , he said , " I thank my friend Demeas for having introduced to me such a worthy guest : " and then he ...
... Behold your entertainment . " " " Tis well , " said I , and immediately delivered him the letter from Demeas . Having hastily read it , he said , " I thank my friend Demeas for having introduced to me such a worthy guest : " and then he ...
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... Behold , " said she , " the high - born breeding of his most virtuous mother Salvia ; and then , his person bears an inex- pressible resemblance to hers in every particular ; tall , yet not too tall ; a slender but well - rounded figure ...
... Behold , " said she , " the high - born breeding of his most virtuous mother Salvia ; and then , his person bears an inex- pressible resemblance to hers in every particular ; tall , yet not too tall ; a slender but well - rounded figure ...
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