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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Page 44
... hour ...... You must employ skill in ' chusing your objects ... eloquence to . impose on them whatever opinions " you please ..... and .... believe me ..... it " is the only eloquence worth the " name..the grand arcana of a Sophist . 66 ...
... hour ...... You must employ skill in ' chusing your objects ... eloquence to . impose on them whatever opinions " you please ..... and .... believe me ..... it " is the only eloquence worth the " name..the grand arcana of a Sophist . 66 ...
Page 61
... told me she proposed to entertain me with a con- test between the Muses and the Sy- rens ........ that every preparation was made ..... and that I was to be sole auditor and judge of the musical dispute . The hour 61.
... told me she proposed to entertain me with a con- test between the Muses and the Sy- rens ........ that every preparation was made ..... and that I was to be sole auditor and judge of the musical dispute . The hour 61.
Page 62
... hour arrived . A most agreeable evening had just closed a warm summer's day ....... and twilight had thrown its sombre mantle over reposing nature ..... when ...... sud- denly .... a magic car of Phoebus shone in the clouds ...
... hour arrived . A most agreeable evening had just closed a warm summer's day ....... and twilight had thrown its sombre mantle over reposing nature ..... when ...... sud- denly .... a magic car of Phoebus shone in the clouds ...
Page 73
... hours gave new vigor to loves ; ...... they bloomed anew with every rising dawn ..... Days were moments in our blissful life ; ... and one soul guided all our actions . our The Delphic Priestess would no longer have recognized the coy ...
... hours gave new vigor to loves ; ...... they bloomed anew with every rising dawn ..... Days were moments in our blissful life ; ... and one soul guided all our actions . our The Delphic Priestess would no longer have recognized the coy ...
Page 77
... bosom , which has rankled there ever since . I was compelled to feign indisposi- tion ......... and retired for an hour ....... Even the solicitudes of Danae could not restore me .... E 3 77 and some sallies of repartee escaped ...
... bosom , which has rankled there ever since . I was compelled to feign indisposi- tion ......... and retired for an hour ....... Even the solicitudes of Danae could not restore me .... E 3 77 and some sallies of repartee escaped ...
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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