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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Page iii
... that she was of a Thessalian family , and descended from the illustrious Plutarch ; furthermore , that Apuleius was ignorant of the Latin language until he visited Rome , where he acquired it without the aid of a master ; and that by a 2.
... that she was of a Thessalian family , and descended from the illustrious Plutarch ; furthermore , that Apuleius was ignorant of the Latin language until he visited Rome , where he acquired it without the aid of a master ; and that by a 2.
Page iv
... master ; and that by the time he arrived at the capital of the empire , he had so completely dissipated his patrimony , as to be under the necessity of selling his clothes , in order to defray the cost of his initiation into the ...
... master ; and that by the time he arrived at the capital of the empire , he had so completely dissipated his patrimony , as to be under the necessity of selling his clothes , in order to defray the cost of his initiation into the ...
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... master . Behold , then , I preface with asking pardon , should I in any way offend by my unskilful use of a strange and foreign tongue . Indeed this very change of language well befits the description of the transformatory art of magic ...
... master . Behold , then , I preface with asking pardon , should I in any way offend by my unskilful use of a strange and foreign tongue . Indeed this very change of language well befits the description of the transformatory art of magic ...
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... master at home ? " Certainly , " she replied ; " but what is the cause of your 66 enquiry ? " * One of the first . ] - The landlady puns on the word ' primus . ' He may well be called ' the first ' man , as you come to his house first ...
... master at home ? " Certainly , " she replied ; " but what is the cause of your 66 enquiry ? " * One of the first . ] - The landlady puns on the word ' primus . ' He may well be called ' the first ' man , as you come to his house first ...
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... master requests you to come in . " I accordingly entered , and found him reclining on a very small couch , and just beginning his dinner . His wife was sitting at his feet , t and a scantily furnished table was before them ; pointing at ...
... master requests you to come in . " I accordingly entered , and found him reclining on a very small couch , and just beginning his dinner . His wife was sitting at his feet , t and a scantily furnished table was before them ; pointing at ...
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