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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... speak of himself , his father and his mother , by their real names , in so frolicsome a work of fiction as " The Golden Ass , " since we find , that when addressing the sons of a friend in some complimentary verses of a peculiar ...
... speak of himself , his father and his mother , by their real names , in so frolicsome a work of fiction as " The Golden Ass , " since we find , that when addressing the sons of a friend in some complimentary verses of a peculiar ...
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... speak of their university as their ' alma mater . ' Unfortunately we cannot decide the question by references to other authors ; for prosapia , as we learn from Quintilian , is one of those antiquated and obsolete words to the use of ...
... speak of their university as their ' alma mater . ' Unfortunately we cannot decide the question by references to other authors ; for prosapia , as we learn from Quintilian , is one of those antiquated and obsolete words to the use of ...
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... speak with safety ; Forbear to revile a woman skilled in celestial matters , lest you do yourself an injury through an intemperate tongue . ' 666 Say you so ? ' said I. ' What kind of woman is this tavern- keeper , so powerful and ...
... speak with safety ; Forbear to revile a woman skilled in celestial matters , lest you do yourself an injury through an intemperate tongue . ' 666 Say you so ? ' said I. ' What kind of woman is this tavern- keeper , so powerful and ...
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... speak , I jumped up briskly , in an ecstasy of unhoped - for joy : Faithfullest of porters , ' I exclaimed , ' my friend , my own father , and my brother , behold him whom you , in your drunken fit , falsely accused me of having mur ...
... speak , I jumped up briskly , in an ecstasy of unhoped - for joy : Faithfullest of porters , ' I exclaimed , ' my friend , my own father , and my brother , behold him whom you , in your drunken fit , falsely accused me of having mur ...
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... speak , that oxen Heart of Thessaly . ] - Thessaly is spoken of by many of the ancient writers as the fruitful source of magic and incantation . Indeed , we find the name Thessala ' used by Plautus and Horace to denote a witch or ...
... speak , that oxen Heart of Thessaly . ] - Thessaly is spoken of by many of the ancient writers as the fruitful source of magic and incantation . Indeed , we find the name Thessala ' used by Plautus and Horace to denote a witch or ...
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