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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... perceive , ..... or , that she often had recourse to ingenuity , that she might invent new causes to make our meetings necessary ..... Was I not her near relation ? ..... her only friend ? ..... Was she not , ..... by the malice of her ...
... perceive , ..... or , that she often had recourse to ingenuity , that she might invent new causes to make our meetings necessary ..... Was I not her near relation ? ..... her only friend ? ..... Was she not , ..... by the malice of her ...
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... ..... He sticks the barbed arrow in your heart ; .... and you perceive ..... too late ....... his mischievous intent . In these visits , the little slave always made one of the party .... At first , she remained with us all the time I 340.
... ..... He sticks the barbed arrow in your heart ; .... and you perceive ..... too late ....... his mischievous intent . In these visits , the little slave always made one of the party .... At first , she remained with us all the time I 340.
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... perceive it at all extraordinary .... She : seemed always to have a motive for so doing ; ... till , at length , ... she would absent herself for half an hour , ..... sometimes more ...... I did not exactly feel so composed as usual ...
... perceive it at all extraordinary .... She : seemed always to have a motive for so doing ; ... till , at length , ... she would absent herself for half an hour , ..... sometimes more ...... I did not exactly feel so composed as usual ...
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... perceive of the Goddess herself , ..... " is beyond my power to reveal ....... " The statue will solve thy doubts ..... " Obey ! ..... But , from this moment , ' till the all - cheering sun breaks , in " full splendor , from the lap of ...
... perceive of the Goddess herself , ..... " is beyond my power to reveal ....... " The statue will solve thy doubts ..... " Obey ! ..... But , from this moment , ' till the all - cheering sun breaks , in " full splendor , from the lap of ...
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... perceive any thing strange , and equally with me avoided any explana- tion on the subject . The day passed in this unsocial way , and I actually so far commanded my inclinations , as to refrain from visiting the Goddess at night ...
... perceive any thing strange , and equally with me avoided any explana- tion on the subject . The day passed in this unsocial way , and I actually so far commanded my inclinations , as to refrain from visiting the Goddess at night ...
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