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 59
... arms , not as a homicide , but as a wine - bagicide . " Responding in the same strain to the jocular remarks of Fotis , I said : " Now , then , I may match this first exploit of my prowess with one of the twelve labours of Hercules ...
... arms , not as a homicide , but as a wine - bagicide . " Responding in the same strain to the jocular remarks of Fotis , I said : " Now , then , I may match this first exploit of my prowess with one of the twelve labours of Hercules ...
Page 60
... arms . At last , after long wakefulness , sleep fell upon our weary eyes , and detained us in bed till late in the following day . After some few nights delightfully passed in this manner , Fotis came running to me one day in great ...
... arms . At last , after long wakefulness , sleep fell upon our weary eyes , and detained us in bed till late in the following day . After some few nights delightfully passed in this manner , Fotis came running to me one day in great ...
Page 61
... arm - bearer , of supreme Jove , would I not , after I had obtained this dignity of wing , still fly back every now and then to my nest ? I swear to you , by that lovely little knot of hair , with which you have enchanted my spirit ...
... arm - bearer , of supreme Jove , would I not , after I had obtained this dignity of wing , still fly back every now and then to my nest ? I swear to you , by that lovely little knot of hair , with which you have enchanted my spirit ...
Page 62
... arms up and down , I anxiously awaited my change into a bird . But no down , no shooting wings appeared , but my hairs evidently be- came thickened into bristles , and my tender skin was hardened into a hide ; my hands and feet , too ...
... arms up and down , I anxiously awaited my change into a bird . But no down , no shooting wings appeared , but my hairs evidently be- came thickened into bristles , and my tender skin was hardened into a hide ; my hands and feet , too ...
Page 72
... arm through an apcrture made for the purpose of putting the key inside , and endeavoured to draw back the bolt . But Chryseros , that most villanous of all bipeds , having been on the watch all the time , and aware of all that was going ...
... arm through an apcrture made for the purpose of putting the key inside , and endeavoured to draw back the bolt . But Chryseros , that most villanous of all bipeds , having been on the watch all the time , and aware of all that was going ...
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