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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... cause was tried at Sabrata , before Claudius Maximus , the proconsul of Africa . It was on that occasion he delivered the Defence , a translation of which will be found in this volume . It is a BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
... cause was tried at Sabrata , before Claudius Maximus , the proconsul of Africa . It was on that occasion he delivered the Defence , a translation of which will be found in this volume . It is a BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION .
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... cause against her ; and to this very day that ram is always at loggerheads . Then there was the wife of a lover of hers , whom she condemned to perpetual pregnancy , when on the point of increasing her family , by closing her womb ...
... cause against her ; and to this very day that ram is always at loggerheads . Then there was the wife of a lover of hers , whom she condemned to perpetual pregnancy , when on the point of increasing her family , by closing her womb ...
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... causes . tears very often proceed from joy , so , amid my extreme fear , I could not refrain from laughing , to see myself turned , from Aristomenes , into a tortoise . † And so , while prostrate on the floor , peeping askance to see ...
... causes . tears very often proceed from joy , so , amid my extreme fear , I could not refrain from laughing , to see myself turned , from Aristomenes , into a tortoise . † And so , while prostrate on the floor , peeping askance to see ...
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... cause of this nasty smell . Sorely confused , I trumped up some absurd story on the spur of the moment , to give another turn to the conversation , and , taking him by the right hand , ' Why not be off , ' said I , ' and enjoy the ...
... cause of this nasty smell . Sorely confused , I trumped up some absurd story on the spur of the moment , to give another turn to the conversation , and , taking him by the right hand , ' Why not be off , ' said I , ' and enjoy the ...
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... cause of your 66 enquiry ? " * One of the first . ] - The landlady puns on the word ' primus . ' He may well be called ' the first ' man , as you come to his house first of all on approaching the city . + The Pomarium . ] · The word ...
... cause of your 66 enquiry ? " * One of the first . ] - The landlady puns on the word ' primus . ' He may well be called ' the first ' man , as you come to his house first of all on approaching the city . + The Pomarium . ] · The word ...
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