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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... idea of the sports of fortune than the miserable situation to which I now found myself reduced ...... who , ..... but a few days before ...... was the idol of my country B 2 3 led in search of some convenient spot ...
... idea of the sports of fortune than the miserable situation to which I now found myself reduced ...... who , ..... but a few days before ...... was the idol of my country B 2 3 led in search of some convenient spot ...
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... - ing you familiarly at my house ..... " But .... if you have other views .... " confide them to me , and depend " on my interest and fortune to pro- " mote them . " I threw myself at her feet .... my soul dissolved 58.
... - ing you familiarly at my house ..... " But .... if you have other views .... " confide them to me , and depend " on my interest and fortune to pro- " mote them . " I threw myself at her feet .... my soul dissolved 58.
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... fortune ...... and by fancy . " And should you ....... my beloved " Danae ! ..... ever deceive the hopes " I cherish of being loved with un- ceasing constancy and ardor .... I feel " I could not survive the cruel disap- 66 pointment ...
... fortune ...... and by fancy . " And should you ....... my beloved " Danae ! ..... ever deceive the hopes " I cherish of being loved with un- ceasing constancy and ardor .... I feel " I could not survive the cruel disap- 66 pointment ...
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... fortune to captivate the blooming Alcibiades ... famed for his beauty and accomplish- ments ..... But Danae was all for love ... and with Alcibiades ...... a passion for variety surmounted all the most rap- turous inclinations a lovely ...
... fortune to captivate the blooming Alcibiades ... famed for his beauty and accomplish- ments ..... But Danae was all for love ... and with Alcibiades ...... a passion for variety surmounted all the most rap- turous inclinations a lovely ...
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... fortune . When I imparted my design to Dionysius , he shook his head ... and , fearful lest my crazy brain should plunge me into new regrets ........ he summoned all his rhetoric to induce me to abandon my intended plan of domesticating ...
... fortune . When I imparted my design to Dionysius , he shook his head ... and , fearful lest my crazy brain should plunge me into new regrets ........ he summoned all his rhetoric to induce me to abandon my intended plan of domesticating ...
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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