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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... mind , where she reigned the ado- red empress of my heart . I commissioned ยท $ every creature ..... whom business or curiosity led to foreign parts .... to enquire after her ..... I had numberless copies taken from her portrait ...
... mind , where she reigned the ado- red empress of my heart . I commissioned ยท $ every creature ..... whom business or curiosity led to foreign parts .... to enquire after her ..... I had numberless copies taken from her portrait ...
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... mind to Heaven ...... or the tender ....... affecting ...... cadences .......... which personify the charms of inne- cence ......... and describe all the simple ....... unaffected ...... joys of uncorrupted nature ....... the senses ...
... mind to Heaven ...... or the tender ....... affecting ...... cadences .......... which personify the charms of inne- cence ......... and describe all the simple ....... unaffected ...... joys of uncorrupted nature ....... the senses ...
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... mind to peace . I reviewed my past life ....... gave a sigh of regret to happiness flown by ..... and dwelt with hope on prospects yet to come . One evening ....... while I was thus absorbed in reflection , and fancied myself quite ...
... mind to peace . I reviewed my past life ....... gave a sigh of regret to happiness flown by ..... and dwelt with hope on prospects yet to come . One evening ....... while I was thus absorbed in reflection , and fancied myself quite ...
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... mind more fre- 66 quently with tormenting visions .... " than with visions of bliss ...... It is " well enough for such as possess no " means of acquiring the reality ..... " to converse with imagination ..... VOL . III . C 66 " and ...
... mind more fre- 66 quently with tormenting visions .... " than with visions of bliss ...... It is " well enough for such as possess no " means of acquiring the reality ..... " to converse with imagination ..... VOL . III . C 66 " and ...
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... mind " will accommodate itself to mine .... " I shall be empowered to give thee " the fullest proofs of regard and " confidence . - Hippias left me with these words ..... I was lost in reflection ..... his years ..... his reputation as ...
... mind " will accommodate itself to mine .... " I shall be empowered to give thee " the fullest proofs of regard and " confidence . - Hippias left me with these words ..... I was lost in reflection ..... his years ..... his reputation as ...
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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