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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... philosopher to undertake . The widow was neither young nor handsome , but she was virtuous , fond , and very rich . Apuleius , if not poor , was , at least , reduced in circumstances , in consequence of his long - continued course of ...
... philosopher to undertake . The widow was neither young nor handsome , but she was virtuous , fond , and very rich . Apuleius , if not poor , was , at least , reduced in circumstances , in consequence of his long - continued course of ...
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... philosopher , a thing which reflects so much honour upon us . I had travelled over lofty mountains , slippery valleys , dewy turf , and thick - clodded plains , being mounted on a milk - white horse of that country ; and as he was now ...
... philosopher , a thing which reflects so much honour upon us . I had travelled over lofty mountains , slippery valleys , dewy turf , and thick - clodded plains , being mounted on a milk - white horse of that country ; and as he was now ...
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... philosophers , are said to have associated with them . + Linen garments . ] - See book xi . , where the linen garments of the priests of Isis are more copiously mentioned . Woollen garments were , according to the doctrine of Orpheus ...
... philosophers , are said to have associated with them . + Linen garments . ] - See book xi . , where the linen garments of the priests of Isis are more copiously mentioned . Woollen garments were , according to the doctrine of Orpheus ...
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... philosophers , to be the sport of divinity . Hence the ancient authors of fables call this peculiarity of the providence of the Gods , ener- gising about the world , laughter . So that , as Proclus well observes , ( in Plat . Polit ...
... philosophers , to be the sport of divinity . Hence the ancient authors of fables call this peculiarity of the providence of the Gods , ener- gising about the world , laughter . So that , as Proclus well observes , ( in Plat . Polit ...
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... philosophers considered Venus to be the first source of all things . See the opening lines of the poem of Lucretius . § Mighty Goddesses . ] - The well - known fable to which this alludes , is thus beautifully unfolded by the Platonic ...
... philosophers considered Venus to be the first source of all things . See the opening lines of the poem of Lucretius . § Mighty Goddesses . ] - The well - known fable to which this alludes , is thus beautifully unfolded by the Platonic ...
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