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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... heart of my unhappy companion ; while , his windpipe being severed by the thrust of the weapon , he emitted through the wound a voice , or rather I should say , an indistinct gurgling noise , and poured forth his spirit with his ...
... heart of my unhappy companion ; while , his windpipe being severed by the thrust of the weapon , he emitted through the wound a voice , or rather I should say , an indistinct gurgling noise , and poured forth his spirit with his ...
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... heart was being plucked out : and even now I am quite faint , my knees tremble , I stagger as I go , and feel in want of some food to refresh my spirits . ' " Look , ' cried I , ' here's breakfast all ready for you ; ' and so saying , I ...
... heart was being plucked out : and even now I am quite faint , my knees tremble , I stagger as I go , and feel in want of some food to refresh my spirits . ' " Look , ' cried I , ' here's breakfast all ready for you ; ' and so saying , I ...
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... heart of Thessaly , * celebrated , by the unanimous consent of the whole world , as the land where the incantations of the magic art are indigenous , and in that very city which was the scene of the story of my worthy fellow - traveller ...
... heart of Thessaly , * celebrated , by the unanimous consent of the whole world , as the land where the incantations of the magic art are indigenous , and in that very city which was the scene of the story of my worthy fellow - traveller ...
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... heart , and enthrals him in eternal fetters of profound love ; but as for those who are not suffi- ciently compliant , she loathes and scorns them , and either changes them in a moment into stones , cattle , and animals of every kind ...
... heart , and enthrals him in eternal fetters of profound love ; but as for those who are not suffi- ciently compliant , she loathes and scorns them , and either changes them in a moment into stones , cattle , and animals of every kind ...
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... heart with their sidelong glances : " So then , you school - boy , " said she , " you have taken a sweet , and at the same time , a bitter draught . Beware , lest the excessive sweetness of the honey turn into the lasting bitterness of ...
... heart with their sidelong glances : " So then , you school - boy , " said she , " you have taken a sweet , and at the same time , a bitter draught . Beware , lest the excessive sweetness of the honey turn into the lasting bitterness of ...
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