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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... mystery . If written on an old slip of parchment ...... in Egyptian hiero- glyphics ..... on palm leaves ..... or the eastern bark ...... he prized it beyond all treasure These treated of deities and spirits .... apparitions and ...
... mystery . If written on an old slip of parchment ...... in Egyptian hiero- glyphics ..... on palm leaves ..... or the eastern bark ...... he prized it beyond all treasure These treated of deities and spirits .... apparitions and ...
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... mysteries of the occult sciences , without some fatigue , he had , for his lighter amuse- ments , all sorts of miraculous tales ..... legends of ghosts and hobgoblins ..... enchanted knights , ....... captive dam- sels ..... These were ...
... mysteries of the occult sciences , without some fatigue , he had , for his lighter amuse- ments , all sorts of miraculous tales ..... legends of ghosts and hobgoblins ..... enchanted knights , ....... captive dam- sels ..... These were ...
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... mystery of our interview , ..... while our feelings be- - spoke the agitation of an unexpected rencontre , ... rather than the rapture of a concerted meeting . As soon as the flurry of her spirits had a little subsided , my cousin ex ...
... mystery of our interview , ..... while our feelings be- - spoke the agitation of an unexpected rencontre , ... rather than the rapture of a concerted meeting . As soon as the flurry of her spirits had a little subsided , my cousin ex ...
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... mysteries of magism ...... the dar- ling object of my wishes ; ..... to the attainment of which , I sedulously ap- plied to the platonic , and pythagorean philosophy , as the grand preparative . His name was Gabrius ..... I consi- dered ...
... mysteries of magism ...... the dar- ling object of my wishes ; ..... to the attainment of which , I sedulously ap- plied to the platonic , and pythagorean philosophy , as the grand preparative . His name was Gabrius ..... I consi- dered ...
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... mysteries of magic ....... that I had long been in a state of probation , and my vows so- lemnly offered up to the beatified Urania , ....... that I would preserve my senses free from all inordinate desire .... keep my soul the ...
... mysteries of magic ....... that I had long been in a state of probation , and my vows so- lemnly offered up to the beatified Urania , ....... that I would preserve my senses free from all inordinate desire .... keep my soul the ...
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