The Works of Apuleius: Comprising the Metamorphoses, Or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and His Defence, Or A Discourse on MagicG. Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 533 pages |
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... according to our present practice , it was depressed when the play began , and fell beneath the level of the stage ; whence aulæa premuntur , ' meant that the play had commenced . ' Aulæa ' seems here to mean the stage curtain , which ...
... according to our present practice , it was depressed when the play began , and fell beneath the level of the stage ; whence aulæa premuntur , ' meant that the play had commenced . ' Aulæa ' seems here to mean the stage curtain , which ...
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... according to the general computation , this poor creature has been swelling with her burden , as if she were about to be brought to bed of an elephant.§ " After this woman , however , and many other persons , had been injured by her ...
... according to the general computation , this poor creature has been swelling with her burden , as if she were about to be brought to bed of an elephant.§ " After this woman , however , and many other persons , had been injured by her ...
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... according to the custom of the country , was borne with all the pomp of a public funeral , as being one of the principal men , through the forum . To the side of the corpse there runs up an old man , bathed with * Philodespotus . ] - A ...
... according to the custom of the country , was borne with all the pomp of a public funeral , as being one of the principal men , through the forum . To the side of the corpse there runs up an old man , bathed with * Philodespotus . ] - A ...
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... according to the doctrine of Orpheus and Pythagoras , profane ; but those of linen were considered as most pure . + Sandals made of palm leaves . ] - Baxæ , ' or ' Baxeæ , ' were sandals with wooden soles , made of twigs of fibres ...
... according to the doctrine of Orpheus and Pythagoras , profane ; but those of linen were considered as most pure . + Sandals made of palm leaves . ] - Baxæ , ' or ' Baxeæ , ' were sandals with wooden soles , made of twigs of fibres ...
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... According to Pliny ( lib . xxxv . cap . 6 ) , there was a statue of this divinity , as also of Good Fortune , in the Capitol at Rome . This deity is one of the twelve Dii Consentes , from the invocation of whom Varro begins his treatise ...
... According to Pliny ( lib . xxxv . cap . 6 ) , there was a statue of this divinity , as also of Good Fortune , in the Capitol at Rome . This deity is one of the twelve Dii Consentes , from the invocation of whom Varro begins his treatise ...
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