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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... received the first rudiments of education at Carthage , renowned at that time as a school of literature , and there he adopted the Platonic system of philosophy , in which he perfected himself by his subsequent studies at Athens . There ...
... received the first rudiments of education at Carthage , renowned at that time as a school of literature , and there he adopted the Platonic system of philosophy , in which he perfected himself by his subsequent studies at Athens . There ...
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... and jugglers of the ancients received their name of circulatores ' from their exhibit- ing in a ring of people , like those of the present day . in the extreme , blade foremost , and afterwards , 4 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
... and jugglers of the ancients received their name of circulatores ' from their exhibit- ing in a ring of people , like those of the present day . in the extreme , blade foremost , and afterwards , 4 THE GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS .
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... receiving the flowing blood into a small leathern bottle , placed under it , so that not a drop of it was any- where to be seen . All this did I witness with my own eyes ; and , what is more , the worthy Meroë , that she might not , I ...
... receiving the flowing blood into a small leathern bottle , placed under it , so that not a drop of it was any- where to be seen . All this did I witness with my own eyes ; and , what is more , the worthy Meroë , that she might not , I ...
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... received Theseus , on his travels , with marked hospitality ; for which that hero established a festival in her honor . She is also mentioned by Callimachus , Ovid , and Plutarch . A hundred pieces . ] - The ' nummus ' here mentioned ...
... received Theseus , on his travels , with marked hospitality ; for which that hero established a festival in her honor . She is also mentioned by Callimachus , Ovid , and Plutarch . A hundred pieces . ] - The ' nummus ' here mentioned ...
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... receiving this message , came himself , and taking me by the right hand , politely tried to lead me in to supper ; and when I hung back , made a little resistance- " I will not quit you , " said he , " un- til you accompany me . At the ...
... receiving this message , came himself , and taking me by the right hand , politely tried to lead me in to supper ; and when I hung back , made a little resistance- " I will not quit you , " said he , " un- til you accompany me . At the ...
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