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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Page 37
... lips which fired my whole soul . Then , in accents modulated by all the winning graces , she added ..... " Ask ་ me not the cause ........ You ......... of " all human beings , ought never to " know it . " This language ..... so new to ...
... lips which fired my whole soul . Then , in accents modulated by all the winning graces , she added ..... " Ask ་ me not the cause ........ You ......... of " all human beings , ought never to " know it . " This language ..... so new to ...
Page 42
... lips ..... and led me to a small casement in the corner of the room ..... then saying , in a low voice ..... " Now ! " ..... left me . This window looked into a little wood - yard ..... There was a shingled pent - house built against ...
... lips ..... and led me to a small casement in the corner of the room ..... then saying , in a low voice ..... " Now ! " ..... left me . This window looked into a little wood - yard ..... There was a shingled pent - house built against ...
Page 64
... lips proceeded the ora- cular decrees of the prophetess , touch- ing such matters as she was interro- gated upon ; but as none dared to approach the moat which divided this recess from the forest , whose con- science was charged with ...
... lips proceeded the ora- cular decrees of the prophetess , touch- ing such matters as she was interro- gated upon ; but as none dared to approach the moat which divided this recess from the forest , whose con- science was charged with ...
Page 82
... lips ..... and hastily sat down to read , .... or rather to devour .... its contents ... I had scarcely entered on my pleasing employment , when Theoclea sent me word , by the lovely nymph , that she was prevented from seeing me that ...
... lips ..... and hastily sat down to read , .... or rather to devour .... its contents ... I had scarcely entered on my pleasing employment , when Theoclea sent me word , by the lovely nymph , that she was prevented from seeing me that ...
Page 88
... lips . " I bowed , and we crossed into the orange shrubbery , leading immedi- ately to the temple ...... On one side of the colonnade before the portal , three young girls , in long white robes of flowing muslin ; .... and on the other ...
... lips . " I bowed , and we crossed into the orange shrubbery , leading immedi- ately to the temple ...... On one side of the colonnade before the portal , three young girls , in long white robes of flowing muslin ; .... and on the other ...
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