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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... passed up the throat , towards the hinder part of the head , a beautiful boy mounted up , and wriggled and twisted himself about as if he had been without sinew or bone in his body , to the ad- miration of all of us who were present ...
... passed up the throat , towards the hinder part of the head , a beautiful boy mounted up , and wriggled and twisted himself about as if he had been without sinew or bone in his body , to the ad- miration of all of us who were present ...
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... born in Meroë , the island of the Nile ; but because you do not dilute your wine with water but are used to drink it unmixed and con- centrated . - K . " Hardly had they passed over the threshold , when 12 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
... born in Meroë , the island of the Nile ; but because you do not dilute your wine with water but are used to drink it unmixed and con- centrated . - K . " Hardly had they passed over the threshold , when 12 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
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... passed over the threshold , when the door resumed its former state ; the hinges resettled on the pannels ; the posts returned to the bars , and the bolts flew back once more to their sockets . But I , left in such a plight , prostrate ...
... passed over the threshold , when the door resumed its former state ; the hinges resettled on the pannels ; the posts returned to the bars , and the bolts flew back once more to their sockets . But I , left in such a plight , prostrate ...
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... passing along increased my apprehensions ; for who would be- lieve that one of two companions could meet with his death without any harm done by the other ? " Meanwhile , after having devoured a sufficient quantity of food , he began to ...
... passing along increased my apprehensions ; for who would be- lieve that one of two companions could meet with his death without any harm done by the other ? " Meanwhile , after having devoured a sufficient quantity of food , he began to ...
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... passed in bathing , and at supper for , being invited by the worthy Milo , I took my place at his epi- tome of a table , as much as possible out of the view of his wife , as I kept in mind the admonitions of Byrrhæna ; while every now ...
... passed in bathing , and at supper for , being invited by the worthy Milo , I took my place at his epi- tome of a table , as much as possible out of the view of his wife , as I kept in mind the admonitions of Byrrhæna ; while every now ...
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