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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... began the story , repent of having so done , nor think it a trouble to tell the remainder . " And then , turning to the other : " But as for you , " said I , " you reject with dull ears and stubborn disposition , a statement of things ...
... began the story , repent of having so done , nor think it a trouble to tell the remainder . " And then , turning to the other : " But as for you , " said I , " you reject with dull ears and stubborn disposition , a statement of things ...
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... began the story , be good enough to repeat it again , I pray you . I will believe you if he will not , and will ask you to dinner at the first inn we come to . This I propose as your remuneration . " " I thankfully decline your offer ...
... began the story , be good enough to repeat it again , I pray you . I will believe you if he will not , and will ask you to dinner at the first inn we come to . This I propose as your remuneration . " " I thankfully decline your offer ...
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... 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 divided in the middle and was drawn aside : while the siparium ...
... 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 divided in the middle and was drawn aside : while the siparium ...
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... began to throb with agi- tation ; so much so , that even the bedstead , shaken by the violence of my palpitations , moved up and down upon my back . " Well , sister , ' said the worthy Panthia , shall we hack him to pieces at once ...
... began to throb with agi- tation ; so much so , that even the bedstead , shaken by the violence of my palpitations , moved up and down upon my back . " Well , sister , ' said the worthy Panthia , shall we hack him to pieces at once ...
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... began to undo the rope with which the bed was corded , and throwing one end of it over a small beam which projected above the window , and there fastening it , and making a strong slip - knot at the other end , I mounted upon the bed ...
... began to undo the rope with which the bed was corded , and throwing one end of it over a small beam which projected above the window , and there fastening it , and making a strong slip - knot at the other end , I mounted upon the bed ...
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