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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... doubt ........ will decide your future fate ......... and you may have reason " to bless the day when Hippias was " first taken with your appearance . " 66 My master left me the moment he concluded ....... It was well ........ as he ...
... doubt ........ will decide your future fate ......... and you may have reason " to bless the day when Hippias was " first taken with your appearance . " 66 My master left me the moment he concluded ....... It was well ........ as he ...
Page 33
... doubt framed his subsequent attack , upon the observations he then made on his new scholar . Cyane ...... at last ..... retired with the breakfast equipage .... and Hippias made a long and eloquent harangue on the distinct properties of ...
... doubt framed his subsequent attack , upon the observations he then made on his new scholar . Cyane ...... at last ..... retired with the breakfast equipage .... and Hippias made a long and eloquent harangue on the distinct properties of ...
Page 46
... ... Your observa- " tions are elegant .... your deductions plausible ..... your maxims easily re- " duced to practice..and would , I have ❝ no doubt , lead to an happiness 66 very superior to any I may hope to " 46.
... ... Your observa- " tions are elegant .... your deductions plausible ..... your maxims easily re- " duced to practice..and would , I have ❝ no doubt , lead to an happiness 66 very superior to any I may hope to " 46.
Page 67
... doubt .... fear .... and hope ; ...... its constancy ... its extatic reward in mutual return . The whole sensibility of my frame was melted by this last brilliant effort of superior science ....... I longed to plunge across the stream ...
... doubt .... fear .... and hope ; ...... its constancy ... its extatic reward in mutual return . The whole sensibility of my frame was melted by this last brilliant effort of superior science ....... I longed to plunge across the stream ...
Page 71
... doubts whether these lovely moralists would have been more prudent in a similar situation . The want of sensibility is often called the refinement of chastity ..... and the repulsive qualities of defor- mity and disgust , frequently ...
... doubts whether these lovely moralists would have been more prudent in a similar situation . The want of sensibility is often called the refinement of chastity ..... and the repulsive qualities of defor- mity and disgust , frequently ...
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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