Confessions in Elysium: Or, The Adventures of a Platonic Philosopher; Taken from the German of C. M. Wieland, Volume 1J. Bell, 1804 |
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... impatience swelled my bosom ....... and , with enthusiasm , I pursued the subject in my thoughts by day and by night . He pleased himself with enigmas .... hieroglyphics , and philosophical ima- gery , in the way a child is amused with ...
... impatience swelled my bosom ....... and , with enthusiasm , I pursued the subject in my thoughts by day and by night . He pleased himself with enigmas .... hieroglyphics , and philosophical ima- gery , in the way a child is amused with ...
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... impatience , though I obeyed it with pleasure ..... But now a new difficulty presented itself . Menecrates confined himself so closely at home , that the arbour be- came too dangerous a retreat for our future meetings ..... Yet meet we ...
... impatience , though I obeyed it with pleasure ..... But now a new difficulty presented itself . Menecrates confined himself so closely at home , that the arbour be- came too dangerous a retreat for our future meetings ..... Yet meet we ...
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... impatience to my panting heart ...... My feelings almost suffocated me , and I instinctively raised my arm to repel the dissolving rapture of her grasp ..... I found the . accident of the clasp had unveiled her left breast , ...... my ...
... impatience to my panting heart ...... My feelings almost suffocated me , and I instinctively raised my arm to repel the dissolving rapture of her grasp ..... I found the . accident of the clasp had unveiled her left breast , ...... my ...
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... impatience " of her soul ....... I , at last , prevailed " with her to listen to the arrange- " ments which were to compass the " fulfilment of her wishes . " We had little doubt of being able " to inflame a mind ........ prepossessed ...
... impatience " of her soul ....... I , at last , prevailed " with her to listen to the arrange- " ments which were to compass the " fulfilment of her wishes . " We had little doubt of being able " to inflame a mind ........ prepossessed ...
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... the raptures of anticipation ; by knowing when to cheat the fond impatience ........ when to yield ....... All these refined arts were below the practise of Mamilia , The sequel ........ proved the delusion of Mamilia , in 164.
... the raptures of anticipation ; by knowing when to cheat the fond impatience ........ when to yield ....... All these refined arts were below the practise of Mamilia , The sequel ........ proved the delusion of Mamilia , in 164.
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