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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... ground , half covered with a sorry , tattered cloak , and looked almost another person , he was so miserably wan and thin ; just like those outcasts of Fortune , ' who beg alms in the streets . Consequently , although he had been my ...
... ground , half covered with a sorry , tattered cloak , and looked almost another person , he was so miserably wan and thin ; just like those outcasts of Fortune , ' who beg alms in the streets . Consequently , although he had been my ...
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... ground . But , with his head covered up as it was , he exclaimed , ' Let me alone , let me alone ; let Fortune still enjoy the trophy she has erected . ' " However , I prevailed upon him to accompany me : and at the same time pulling ...
... ground . But , with his head covered up as it was , he exclaimed , ' Let me alone , let me alone ; let Fortune still enjoy the trophy she has erected . ' " However , I prevailed upon him to accompany me : and at the same time pulling ...
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... ground , and all the foundations , close shut as it was , into another city , situate at the hundredth milestone hence , and on the summit of a craggy mountain , in consequence of which it is deprived of water . And , as the dwellings ...
... ground , and all the foundations , close shut as it was , into another city , situate at the hundredth milestone hence , and on the summit of a craggy mountain , in consequence of which it is deprived of water . And , as the dwellings ...
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... ground . The bedstead , too , which was but small , wanting one foot , and rotten , was thrown down with the violence of the shock , and falling upon me , who had been rolled out and pitched upon the ground , completely covered and ...
... ground . The bedstead , too , which was but small , wanting one foot , and rotten , was thrown down with the violence of the shock , and falling upon me , who had been rolled out and pitched upon the ground , completely covered and ...
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... ground , and squatting astride over my 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 ...
... ground , and squatting astride over my 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 ...
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