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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... mention made of it upon the occasion of his trial for magic , as would certainly have been done had his prosecutors been aware of the existence of such a book . This celebrated romance pur- ports to be the autobiography of a certain ...
... mention made of it upon the occasion of his trial for magic , as would certainly have been done had his prosecutors been aware of the existence of such a book . This celebrated romance pur- ports to be the autobiography of a certain ...
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... mentioned , when I was attacked by some desperate robbers , in a lonely and rugged valley , and only effected my escape , after being plundered by them of all I possessed . Being thus reduced to extreme dis- tress , I betook myself to a ...
... mentioned , when I was attacked by some desperate robbers , in a lonely and rugged valley , and only effected my escape , after being plundered by them of all I possessed . Being thus reduced to extreme dis- tress , I betook myself to a ...
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... mentioned were the chief magistrates who presided over the Roman colonies and municipia . ' + Sitting at his feet . ] - His couch was so scanty in dimensions that it would not admit of more than one to recline on it ; consequently , his ...
... mentioned were the chief magistrates who presided over the Roman colonies and municipia . ' + Sitting at his feet . ] - His couch was so scanty in dimensions that it would not admit of more than one to recline on it ; consequently , his ...
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... mentioned by Callimachus , Ovid , and Plutarch . A hundred pieces . ] - The ' nummus ' here mentioned was probably adidrachm , ' the same in value as two ' denarii . ' " § Quitted the city . ] - Astu , ' the city , ' was the name by ...
... mentioned by Callimachus , Ovid , and Plutarch . A hundred pieces . ] - The ' nummus ' here mentioned was probably adidrachm , ' the same in value as two ' denarii . ' " § Quitted the city . ] - Astu , ' the city , ' was the name by ...
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... mentioned among those who brought you up . Come , therefore , with all confidence to our house , or rather , I would say , to your own home . ” Having had time to digest my bashfulness while the lady was speaking , I replied , " Far be ...
... mentioned among those who brought you up . Come , therefore , with all confidence to our house , or rather , I would say , to your own home . ” Having had time to digest my bashfulness while the lady was speaking , I replied , " Far be ...
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