Confessions in Elysium: Or, The Adventures of a Platonic Philosopher; Taken from the German of C. M. Wieland, Volume 3J. Bell, 1804 |
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... charms of these beautiful young creatures , relax one muscle on the rigid coun- tenance of villainy . Little ceremony was adopted ... The Sicilians reimbarked with their rich booty ....... We were divided among them ...... Unanimity and ...
... charms of these beautiful young creatures , relax one muscle on the rigid coun- tenance of villainy . Little ceremony was adopted ... The Sicilians reimbarked with their rich booty ....... We were divided among them ...... Unanimity and ...
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... charms , and increase their value . I underwent the like process ........ bathed ...... perfumed ........ was habited in a slave's mantle of variegated silk ... and conducted to the slave market . This mortifying scene filled me with ...
... charms , and increase their value . I underwent the like process ........ bathed ...... perfumed ........ was habited in a slave's mantle of variegated silk ... and conducted to the slave market . This mortifying scene filled me with ...
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... his valuable secret to enjoy the pleasures of an easy inde- pendence ...... in his riper years ....... He was captivated with the delightful temperature of the Ionian climate ...... and the charms of the city were heightened by the 13.
... his valuable secret to enjoy the pleasures of an easy inde- pendence ...... in his riper years ....... He was captivated with the delightful temperature of the Ionian climate ...... and the charms of the city were heightened by the 13.
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... charms of the city were heightened by the prevailing taste for eastern luxuries ...... He therefore chose it for his residence . He had already numbered more than fifty years ..... yet such was the magic of his insinuating manners ...
... charms of the city were heightened by the prevailing taste for eastern luxuries ...... He therefore chose it for his residence . He had already numbered more than fifty years ..... yet such was the magic of his insinuating manners ...
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... charms from repetition ...... In- stead of those rapturous strains which elevate the mind to Heaven ...... or the tender ....... affecting ...... cadences .......... which personify the charms of inne- cence ......... and describe all ...
... charms from repetition ...... In- stead of those rapturous strains which elevate the mind to Heaven ...... or the tender ....... affecting ...... cadences .......... which personify the charms of inne- cence ......... and describe all ...
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affection Agathobulus Agathon amiable appeared Archyatas arms arro artifice Aspasia beauteous beauty became beloved Psyche beneath Bithynia blooming bosom breathe Callias charms Cleonissa concealed confession confidence Critolaus Cynic Danae Danae Danae's dancing daugh dear delight Delphos desires Dionysius divine drachmas dream Elysium enchanting eyes fair fancy Faustina feel felt female flew gave gaze grace happiness heart Hippias idea indulge inspired lady lascivious length lips looked lover Mamilia mankind Marcus Aurelius ment mind morning Myrto nature never Nymphs object oboli pain Parium passed passion perceive perfect Phillistus Philosophers platonic pleasure possessed Princess Proteus pursued raptures recollection replied retired Rome round sacred groves scarcely secret sensibility sigh slave smile Smyrna soon Sophist soul sublime Syrens Tarentum tears Temple thee thing thought Thracian timate tion unbounded violent virtue virtuous voluptuous whole wish young youth