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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Page 25
... seemed to brush the surface of a rolling sphere , although it moved not ; and they looked , not as if they were attached to it , but hovered in the air . A statue of Diana , in Parian marble , occupied a level space in the middle of the ...
... seemed to brush the surface of a rolling sphere , although it moved not ; and they looked , not as if they were attached to it , but hovered in the air . A statue of Diana , in Parian marble , occupied a level space in the middle of the ...
Page 26
... seemed in the act of running directly towards you as you entered , and awed you by the majesty of her godlike form . Dogs supported the goddess on either side , and these , too , were of marble . Their eyes were fierce and threatening ...
... seemed in the act of running directly towards you as you entered , and awed you by the majesty of her godlike form . Dogs supported the goddess on either side , and these , too , were of marble . Their eyes were fierce and threatening ...
Page 48
... seemed as if the whole city was pouring forth . And though I walked sorrowfully along , with my head bowed down towards the ground , or rather , I may say , to the shades below , yet , on casting a glance aside , I saw a thing which ...
... seemed as if the whole city was pouring forth . And though I walked sorrowfully along , with my head bowed down towards the ground , or rather , I may say , to the shades below , yet , on casting a glance aside , I saw a thing which ...
Page 61
... seemed to myself to be any thing else rather than Lucius . Thus de- prived of my senses , and astounded , even to insanity , I was in a waking dream , and rubbed my eyes for some time , to ascertain whether or not I was awake at all ...
... seemed to myself to be any thing else rather than Lucius . Thus de- prived of my senses , and astounded , even to insanity , I was in a waking dream , and rubbed my eyes for some time , to ascertain whether or not I was awake at all ...
Page 66
... seemed to inform them that they had been obtained by burglary . At length , having lightened us of all our burden , they turned us into the next meadow , to graze as we pleased . My sense of conviviality , however , was not sufficient ...
... seemed to inform them that they had been obtained by burglary . At length , having lightened us of all our burden , they turned us into the next meadow , to graze as we pleased . My sense of conviviality , however , was not sufficient ...
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