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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... the height . I could now distinguish the beat of drums and the sound of trumpets ...... I looked inquisitively round ...... and with infinite surprise ...... beheld a groupe of young B 3 from whence the noise proceeded..... ...
... the height . I could now distinguish the beat of drums and the sound of trumpets ...... I looked inquisitively round ...... and with infinite surprise ...... beheld a groupe of young B 3 from whence the noise proceeded..... ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... round ...... their eyes spark- led ....... and , inspired with warmer wishes than they at first betrayed .... each placed a Thracian beauty on his knee .... and they continued the cele- bration till late next morning . All this time I ...
... round ...... their eyes spark- led ....... and , inspired with warmer wishes than they at first betrayed .... each placed a Thracian beauty on his knee .... and they continued the cele- bration till late next morning . All this time I ...
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... rounded by every object which could please the eye ... His paintings ..... statues .... sculptures ...... tapestry ...... furniture .... mirrors ..... vases , ....... were all the labors of the ablest artists ...... but those were mere ...
... rounded by every object which could please the eye ... His paintings ..... statues .... sculptures ...... tapestry ...... furniture .... mirrors ..... vases , ....... were all the labors of the ablest artists ...... but those were mere ...
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... rounded by spacious gardens , where art and profusion conspired to destroy the simplicities of nature .... The shrub- beries were interspersed with marble Naiads ....... so admirably executed ....... that they appeared to breathe ...
... rounded by spacious gardens , where art and profusion conspired to destroy the simplicities of nature .... The shrub- beries were interspersed with marble Naiads ....... so admirably executed ....... that they appeared to breathe ...
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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