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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... never yet so completely or faithfully . The God of Socrates has once previously been translated , ( by Thomas Taylor ) , but the Florida , and the Apologia or Defence , are now given in English for the first time . The able metrical ...
... never yet so completely or faithfully . The God of Socrates has once previously been translated , ( by Thomas Taylor ) , but the Florida , and the Apologia or Defence , are now given in English for the first time . The able metrical ...
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... Never fear , ' said I , only have in readiness something to throw into the bargain as a present . ' 66 Assenting to this request , she hastily arose , and bade me fol- low her into another bedchamber . There , in the presence of seven ...
... Never fear , ' said I , only have in readiness something to throw into the bargain as a present . ' 66 Assenting to this request , she hastily arose , and bade me fol- low her into another bedchamber . There , in the presence of seven ...
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... never - failing , the laughter of the Gods is very properly said by Homer to be unextinguished . The source , therefore , of this exuberant energy and mundane gladness , is the God of Laughter . - Taylor . guished by a sudden gust of ...
... never - failing , the laughter of the Gods is very properly said by Homer to be unextinguished . The source , therefore , of this exuberant energy and mundane gladness , is the God of Laughter . - Taylor . guished by a sudden gust of ...
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... never been accused even of the smallest crime , but have been always highly respected in my own country , and have ever preferred a character without guile to every earthly good . Neither am I able to compre- hend why I am now exposed ...
... never been accused even of the smallest crime , but have been always highly respected in my own country , and have ever preferred a character without guile to every earthly good . Neither am I able to compre- hend why I am now exposed ...
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... picked men , who fought in front of the standard , and mostly in the first line . They were never ' velites , ' or skirmishers , but heavy armed troops . stump with plenty of rags , lest the drops of 72 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
... picked men , who fought in front of the standard , and mostly in the first line . They were never ' velites , ' or skirmishers , but heavy armed troops . stump with plenty of rags , lest the drops of 72 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
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