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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... soon , ..... learnt her wretched fate ! ....... and sympathy in- spiring me with a wish to see and comfort her , I eagerly set about adopting means to accomplish an in- terview ; ...... for , notwithstanding our consanguity , this was ...
... soon , ..... learnt her wretched fate ! ....... and sympathy in- spiring me with a wish to see and comfort her , I eagerly set about adopting means to accomplish an in- terview ; ...... for , notwithstanding our consanguity , this was ...
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... soon as the flurry of her spirits had a little subsided , my cousin ex- cused herself to me , for the unprece- dented steps her rigid and unnatural tyrant's conduct compelled her to adopt ..... This led to the detail of her domestic ...
... soon as the flurry of her spirits had a little subsided , my cousin ex- cused herself to me , for the unprece- dented steps her rigid and unnatural tyrant's conduct compelled her to adopt ..... This led to the detail of her domestic ...
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... soon as she found me safe , and ...... with the air of indignant virtue ..... demanded : of Menecrates why her privacy was thus boisterously invaded ? and com- manded that his followers should retire . At this famous speech the rage of ...
... soon as she found me safe , and ...... with the air of indignant virtue ..... demanded : of Menecrates why her privacy was thus boisterously invaded ? and com- manded that his followers should retire . At this famous speech the rage of ...
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... soon discovered this to be the same Menippus of whom Damis , in his " Travels of Appollonius , " so sar- castically relates the anecdote of the Lamia * , who , to ensnare Menippus , assumed the form of a beautiful virgin ...
... soon discovered this to be the same Menippus of whom Damis , in his " Travels of Appollonius , " so sar- castically relates the anecdote of the Lamia * , who , to ensnare Menippus , assumed the form of a beautiful virgin ...
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... and pas- " times of the famous city of Co- " rinth ; and my rank and fortune 66 giving publicity to my character , I " was soon known to be a votary of 66 pleasure . In one of my public " rambles , I chanced to see , and to 54.
... and pas- " times of the famous city of Co- " rinth ; and my rank and fortune 66 giving publicity to my character , I " was soon known to be a votary of 66 pleasure . In one of my public " rambles , I chanced to see , and to 54.
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