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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... dead , § all dis- figured by grief and long - continued sorrow , and having almost cried herself blind with ... dead . ] — ' Conclamatus es . ' After a person was dead it was the custom of the Romans to call on him by name , for the ...
... dead , § all dis- figured by grief and long - continued sorrow , and having almost cried herself blind with ... dead . ] — ' Conclamatus es . ' After a person was dead it was the custom of the Romans to call on him by name , for the ...
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... dead , to dethrone the Gods , to extin- guish the stars , and to illumine the depths of Tartarus itself . ' " Come , come , ' said I , ' do draw asunder this tragic curtain , * and fold up the theatric drop - scene , and let's hear your ...
... dead , to dethrone the Gods , to extin- guish the stars , and to illumine the depths of Tartarus itself . ' " Come , come , ' said I , ' do draw asunder this tragic curtain , * and fold up the theatric drop - scene , and let's hear your ...
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... dead , is lying flat on the ground beneath the bedstead , and is looking at all that is going on , while he fancies that he is to relate disgraceful stories of me with im- * Third watch . ] - The beginning of this would be midnight . + ...
... dead , is lying flat on the ground beneath the bedstead , and is looking at all that is going on , while he fancies that he is to relate disgraceful stories of me with im- * Third watch . ] - The beginning of this would be midnight . + ...
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... dead , but still surviving myself , and pursuing , as it were , a posthumous train of reflec- tions , or , to say the least , like a candidate for the cross , to which I was surely destined : ' What , ' said I , ' will become of me ...
... dead , but still surviving myself , and pursuing , as it were , a posthumous train of reflec- tions , or , to say the least , like a candidate for the cross , to which I was surely destined : ' What , ' said I , ' will become of me ...
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... dead are unmolested , but that certain remnants and cuttings from the dead bodies are sought from the tombs and funeral - piles , to ensure deadly misfortune to the living . I am told also that when foreigners are buried , old hags of ...
... dead are unmolested , but that certain remnants and cuttings from the dead bodies are sought from the tombs and funeral - piles , to ensure deadly misfortune to the living . I am told also that when foreigners are buried , old hags of ...
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