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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... heavens , to uplift the earth , to harden the running water , to dissolve mountains , to raise the shades of the dead , to dethrone the Gods , to extin- guish the stars , and to illumine the depths of Tartarus itself . ' " Come , come ...
... heavens , to uplift the earth , to harden the running water , to dissolve mountains , to raise the shades of the dead , to dethrone the Gods , to extin- guish the stars , and to illumine the depths of Tartarus itself . ' " Come , come ...
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... heaven . Thus bewildered , indeed I may say stupefied with torment- ing anxiety , perceiving no likelihood or even trace of the ob- jects of my wishes , I perambulated the whole city . Wandering in this way just like one intoxicated ...
... heaven . Thus bewildered , indeed I may say stupefied with torment- ing anxiety , perceiving no likelihood or even trace of the ob- jects of my wishes , I perambulated the whole city . Wandering in this way just like one intoxicated ...
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... 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 multitude of Cupids , girt with her cestus redolent of cinnamon ...
... 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 multitude of Cupids , girt with her cestus redolent of cinnamon ...
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... heavens , and even the sun himself . " Mingling in the conversation , I said , " This is only a simple instance of this kind of divination , and , indeed , it ought not to seem wonderful , that this flame , small though it is , and ...
... heavens , and even the sun himself . " Mingling in the conversation , I said , " This is only a simple instance of this kind of divination , and , indeed , it ought not to seem wonderful , that this flame , small though it is , and ...
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... heavens , by the Gods of the infernal regions , by the elements of nature , by the silence of night , by the Coptic en- * Prophet . ] - The Egyptians were consummately skilled in astrology and magic ; their priests were prophets , and ...
... heavens , by the Gods of the infernal regions , by the elements of nature , by the silence of night , by the Coptic en- * Prophet . ] - The Egyptians were consummately skilled in astrology and magic ; their priests were prophets , and ...
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accused Æmilianus Æneid Apuleius Aristomenes Avitus beast beauty behold body breath called Carthage celestial Ceres charms colour concealed cried crime Cupid dæmons dead death delight divine dread ears earth Engravings eyes fate fear feet fortune garments goddess Gods golden Golden Ass Greek ground hair hand hear heart heaven Hercules honour human husband Jupiter Lamachus light look Lucius magic magician manner marriage master Maximus Meroë mind mistress mother nature never night o'er person philosopher Plato Plutarch Pontianus Portrait present priest proconsul Proserpine Psyche Psyche's Pudentilla Pythagoras robbers Rufinus sacred seized servants silent sistrum sleep Socrates soft sorrow soul sweet sword tears Thallus thee Thessaly things thou thought Thrasyllus tion Tlepolemus Translated trembling Venus virgin voice vols whole wife WILLIAM HAZLITT wine wings wish woman words wretched young youth