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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... appeared to have found its full indulgence . Poor Ideot ! ...... He did not recollect that every man sentenced to the gal- lows is followed by as great a crowd ! Midnight was the hour chosen ..... the pile was erected xiv.
... appeared to have found its full indulgence . Poor Ideot ! ...... He did not recollect that every man sentenced to the gal- lows is followed by as great a crowd ! Midnight was the hour chosen ..... the pile was erected xiv.
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... gentleman , .... half asleep on his couch , after eating a very hearty dinner , .... and yawning , for want of better employment ....... ' suddenly recollected Plato's Festival , ' which formed one of this neglected group ...... At his 15.
... gentleman , .... half asleep on his couch , after eating a very hearty dinner , .... and yawning , for want of better employment ....... ' suddenly recollected Plato's Festival , ' which formed one of this neglected group ...... At his 15.
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... recollecting herself , ... " there can be no situation " so perfectly free from surprise as your own bed - chamber ....... There 66 66 you may see each other secure from " all apprehension . " 669 " Thou art certainly inspired ...
... recollecting herself , ... " there can be no situation " so perfectly free from surprise as your own bed - chamber ....... There 66 66 you may see each other secure from " all apprehension . " 669 " Thou art certainly inspired ...
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... recollect- ed , how just such another youth struck the fancy of Socrates , as he passed a narrow lane in Athens ; and who , ..... under the tutelage of that great philosopher ... became the learned Xenophon . I determined to imitate ...
... recollect- ed , how just such another youth struck the fancy of Socrates , as he passed a narrow lane in Athens ; and who , ..... under the tutelage of that great philosopher ... became the learned Xenophon . I determined to imitate ...
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... recollect the pains " I took to assure you , that the God- " dess was satisfied with your purity , " and to impress you with the belief , " that it depended solely on her will " to chuse the kind of inspiration by " which she would ...
... recollect the pains " I took to assure you , that the God- " dess was satisfied with your purity , " and to impress you with the belief , " that it depended solely on her will " to chuse the kind of inspiration by " which she would ...
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