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 10
... conducted to the slave market . This mortifying scene filled me with agony .... it melted my soul ..... glowing with honest indignation against the usurpations of mankind ..... and produced feelings , which are alone intelligible to the 10.
... conducted to the slave market . This mortifying scene filled me with agony .... it melted my soul ..... glowing with honest indignation against the usurpations of mankind ..... and produced feelings , which are alone intelligible to the 10.
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... soul of voluptuous harmony ...... while the surprising beauty of the per- formers ...... and the skill ....... grace ..... and excessive loveliness of his female ' dancers ...... beggared all description . It was the temple of refined ...
... soul of voluptuous harmony ...... while the surprising beauty of the per- formers ...... and the skill ....... grace ..... and excessive loveliness of his female ' dancers ...... beggared all description . It was the temple of refined ...
Page 21
... soul into an enchanting forgetfulness ........ issued from ruby lips , formed to en- snare the captive senses . The Lydian flutes breathed plaintive melody , in concert with the lascivious motions of the almost - naked dancers ...
... soul into an enchanting forgetfulness ........ issued from ruby lips , formed to en- snare the captive senses . The Lydian flutes breathed plaintive melody , in concert with the lascivious motions of the almost - naked dancers ...
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... soul ..... and soothe " possession of my " it into peace . " I ponder on divine .... unerring ..... " eternal ............. excellence .......... and " would not change a moment so em- " ployed , to be the Monarch of a Per- " sian ...
... soul ..... and soothe " possession of my " it into peace . " I ponder on divine .... unerring ..... " eternal ............. excellence .......... and " would not change a moment so em- " ployed , to be the Monarch of a Per- " sian ...
Page 32
... a preconcerted artifice restored my reason . I blushed ...... diverted my attention with looking at the pictures which hung about the room ... Cyane soon re- called the trembling truant ....... and forced my soul to 32.
... a preconcerted artifice restored my reason . I blushed ...... diverted my attention with looking at the pictures which hung about the room ... Cyane soon re- called the trembling truant ....... and forced my soul to 32.
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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