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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... in feast and revelry . Whilst these freebooters were en- gaged in merriment ..... I retired to the extremity of the cabin ..... The glass went gaily round ...... their eyes spark- led ....... and The pirates disposed themselves ...
... in feast and revelry . Whilst these freebooters were en- gaged in merriment ..... I retired to the extremity of the cabin ..... The glass went gaily round ...... their eyes spark- led ....... and The pirates disposed themselves ...
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... retired ....... after reading to the company ......... and , in a solitary corner shunned enchantments teem- ing with destruction . The house of Hippias was sur- rounded by spacious gardens , where art and profusion conspired to destroy ...
... retired ....... after reading to the company ......... and , in a solitary corner shunned enchantments teem- ing with destruction . The house of Hippias was sur- rounded by spacious gardens , where art and profusion conspired to destroy ...
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... retired with the breakfast equipage .... and Hippias made a long and eloquent harangue on the distinct properties of absolute and ideal ' happiness . " The actions of all men ..... my dear " Callias , " continued he .... " point at " L ...
... retired with the breakfast equipage .... and Hippias made a long and eloquent harangue on the distinct properties of absolute and ideal ' happiness . " The actions of all men ..... my dear " Callias , " continued he .... " point at " L ...
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... retire " to the scorching sands of India , " to become a Bramin . " + With all your rhetoric ...... you " have not convinced me ....... Your " conclusions are contradicted by my own experience . " 66 Young man , " ...... retorted Hip ...
... retire " to the scorching sands of India , " to become a Bramin . " + With all your rhetoric ...... you " have not convinced me ....... Your " conclusions are contradicted by my own experience . " 66 Young man , " ...... retorted Hip ...
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... the world ; .... the intimacy in which he had lived with her for many years , gave him the privilege of in- truding on her retirement . The first glance of his penetrating eye saw into the situation of our hearts , notwithstanding 74.
... the world ; .... the intimacy in which he had lived with her for many years , gave him the privilege of in- truding on her retirement . The first glance of his penetrating eye saw into the situation of our hearts , notwithstanding 74.
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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