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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... face , which was crimsoned with shame , in his cobbled covering of tatters , so that he left the rest of his body naked , from the navel downward , as far as the groin . At last , unable to endure the sight of such a miserable spectacle ...
... face , which was crimsoned with shame , in his cobbled covering of tatters , so that he left the rest of his body naked , from the navel downward , as far as the groin . At last , unable to endure the sight of such a miserable spectacle ...
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... face , discharged their bladders , until they had entirely drenched me with their most filthy contents . • How well that name fitted her . ] — Ausonius , Epigram xix . , explains this allusion : Et tu sic Meroë : non quod sic atra ...
... face , discharged their bladders , until they had entirely drenched me with their most filthy contents . • How well that name fitted her . ] — Ausonius , Epigram xix . , explains this allusion : Et tu sic Meroë : non quod sic atra ...
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... face of its native orna- ments ; though she were begotten by heaven , conceived by the sea , and nurtured amid the waves ; though , I say , she were Venus herself , surrounded by all the choir of the Graces , at- tended by a whole ...
... face of its native orna- ments ; though she were begotten by heaven , conceived by the sea , and nurtured amid the waves ; though , I say , she were Venus herself , surrounded by all the choir of the Graces , at- tended by a whole ...
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... Face to face , come on , if you are a man ! Strike home ; do your worst , and die ! The battle this day is without quarter . " So saying , she jumped into the bed , threw herself upon me , and like an athlete , bending on his haunches ...
... Face to face , come on , if you are a man ! Strike home ; do your worst , and die ! The battle this day is without quarter . " So saying , she jumped into the bed , threw herself upon me , and like an athlete , bending on his haunches ...
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... face was mutilated and de- formed in all manner of ways . " At these remarks , an uncontrollable fit of laughter burst forth from all the guests , and the faces and eyes of all were * The carvers . ] - Diribitores . ' It was probably ...
... face was mutilated and de- formed in all manner of ways . " At these remarks , an uncontrollable fit of laughter burst forth from all the guests , and the faces and eyes of all were * The carvers . ] - Diribitores . ' It was probably ...
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