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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... learned conceits and studied prettinesses , while the latter is remarkable for the multitude of obsolete words ostentatiously paraded in almost every sentence . The greater number of these are to be found in the extant com- positions of ...
... learned conceits and studied prettinesses , while the latter is remarkable for the multitude of obsolete words ostentatiously paraded in almost every sentence . The greater number of these are to be found in the extant com- positions of ...
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... learned the Attic tongue . Soon after , a stranger in the Latian city , I applied myself to the study of the native lan- guage of the Romans ; which I acquired with painful labour , without the help of a master . Behold , then , I ...
... learned the Attic tongue . Soon after , a stranger in the Latian city , I applied myself to the study of the native lan- guage of the Romans ; which I acquired with painful labour , without the help of a master . Behold , then , I ...
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... learned the holy faith of secrecy ; whatsoever , therefore , I shall entrust to the inmost depths of this breast of yours , keep it ever religiously concealed , I beseech you , within its recesses , and repay the frankness of my ...
... learned the holy faith of secrecy ; whatsoever , therefore , I shall entrust to the inmost depths of this breast of yours , keep it ever religiously concealed , I beseech you , within its recesses , and repay the frankness of my ...
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... learned , kept watch by night . Leaving us secured by a stout leather thong before the door , they crept into the cave , one after another , with their limbs squeezed together , and bawled angrily to an old woman , who , though bent ...
... learned , kept watch by night . Leaving us secured by a stout leather thong before the door , they crept into the cave , one after another , with their limbs squeezed together , and bawled angrily to an old woman , who , though bent ...
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... learned , on enquiry , the name of a person called Nicanor , who was sprung from a Thracian family , and between whom and Demochares there were the strongest ties of friend- ship , we wrote a counterfeit letter , intimating that this ...
... learned , on enquiry , the name of a person called Nicanor , who was sprung from a Thracian family , and between whom and Demochares there were the strongest ties of friend- ship , we wrote a counterfeit letter , intimating that this ...
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