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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... sublime contemplation .......... again visited my bosom ..... a delicious calm succeeded ..... and I sank into the arms of sweet repose . A loud ..... reiterated ...... shouting , ..... woke me from a dream , in which I fancied myself ...
... sublime contemplation .......... again visited my bosom ..... a delicious calm succeeded ..... and I sank into the arms of sweet repose . A loud ..... reiterated ...... shouting , ..... woke me from a dream , in which I fancied myself ...
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... sublime passages of Homer ; .... the women seemed not to have paid attention ..... but I was filled with disgust . Soon after this disgraceful exhibition of the Sophist's depravity ..... I entrea- ted Danae to return home ..... She con ...
... sublime passages of Homer ; .... the women seemed not to have paid attention ..... but I was filled with disgust . Soon after this disgraceful exhibition of the Sophist's depravity ..... I entrea- ted Danae to return home ..... She con ...
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... sublime passages of Homer .... the women seemed not to have paid attention ..... but I was filled with disgust . Soon after this disgraceful exhibition of the Sophist's depravity ..... I entrea- ted Danae to return home ..... She con ...
... sublime passages of Homer .... the women seemed not to have paid attention ..... but I was filled with disgust . Soon after this disgraceful exhibition of the Sophist's depravity ..... I entrea- ted Danae to return home ..... She con ...
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... sublime ; .... but the melting arms of the too- beauteous Danae , rendered all com- parison insipid . My heated imagination soon touch- ed the string which set every fibre in motion ..... rapture again occupied my whole soul ...
... sublime ; .... but the melting arms of the too- beauteous Danae , rendered all com- parison insipid . My heated imagination soon touch- ed the string which set every fibre in motion ..... rapture again occupied my whole soul ...
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... wonted aerial flights ..... on my sublime passion for the celestial Psyche ..... I perceived a visible alteration in the countenance of my fair auditor , which dispelled my ecstasies ....... and brought me back to Smyrna and to 93.
... wonted aerial flights ..... on my sublime passion for the celestial Psyche ..... I perceived a visible alteration in the countenance of my fair auditor , which dispelled my ecstasies ....... and brought me back to Smyrna and to 93.
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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