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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... desires to make known to the reader is , that Greek was the language of his youth , and Latin a later acquirement , a fact upon which the nationality of two of his remote ancestors could have no bearing whatever . We incline to think ...
... desires to make known to the reader is , that Greek was the language of his youth , and Latin a later acquirement , a fact upon which the nationality of two of his remote ancestors could have no bearing whatever . We incline to think ...
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... of my lengthened ab- sence , of my earnest desire to reach home , and of my being * Larissa . ] - A city of Thessaly , situated near the river Peneus . plundered of my property on that day . After I BOOK 1 . TALE OF ARISTOMENES .
... of my lengthened ab- sence , of my earnest desire to reach home , and of my being * Larissa . ] - A city of Thessaly , situated near the river Peneus . plundered of my property on that day . After I BOOK 1 . TALE OF ARISTOMENES .
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... desire that you , who are as it were my son , should be put upon your guard . Beware , resolutely beware of the wicked arts and nefarious blandishments of that Pamphile , the wife * This goddess . ] — Diana . of Milo , who you say is ...
... desire that you , who are as it were my son , should be put upon your guard . Beware , resolutely beware of the wicked arts and nefarious blandishments of that Pamphile , the wife * This goddess . ] — Diana . of Milo , who you say is ...
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... desire waxing with mine into an equality of love , exhaling from her open mouth the odour of cinnamon , she ravished me with the nectareous touch of her tongue , so that I exclaimed , " I shall perish , nay , rather , I am a lost man ...
... desire waxing with mine into an equality of love , exhaling from her open mouth the odour of cinnamon , she ravished me with the nectareous touch of her tongue , so that I exclaimed , " I shall perish , nay , rather , I am a lost man ...
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... desire , I gave my Fotis ocular proof of my amorous impatience : 66 ' Pity me , " I said , " and relieve me without delay ; for you may perceive how I have been kept on full stretch by the thought of that combat to which you challenged ...
... desire , I gave my Fotis ocular proof of my amorous impatience : 66 ' Pity me , " I said , " and relieve me without delay ; for you may perceive how I have been kept on full stretch by the thought of that combat to which you challenged ...
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