Confessions in Elysium: Or, The Adventures of a Platonic Philosopher; Taken from the German of C. M. Wieland, Volume 2J. Bell, 1804 |
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... blessing Aga- " thon can never learn sufficiently to appreciate ...... and the tender con- " cern you partook in my fate ...... " which you have very partially un- 66 " derstood ..... leads me to gratify you " with 115.
... blessing Aga- " thon can never learn sufficiently to appreciate ...... and the tender con- " cern you partook in my fate ...... " which you have very partially un- 66 " derstood ..... leads me to gratify you " with 115.
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... blessed Spirits of Immor- tality . It ' may seem paradoxical ........ but is nevertheless true ....... that the charms of imagination excel all those which Nature has given to the senses . Imagination is more brilliant than the lustre ...
... blessed Spirits of Immor- tality . It ' may seem paradoxical ........ but is nevertheless true ....... that the charms of imagination excel all those which Nature has given to the senses . Imagination is more brilliant than the lustre ...
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... shone full upon the grotto . I lay pondering on the probability of what might happen to me , if the resplendent Orb should quit her hea venly sphere to bless me as her Endy- mion . I indulged this fancy till I was lost in its 131.
... shone full upon the grotto . I lay pondering on the probability of what might happen to me , if the resplendent Orb should quit her hea venly sphere to bless me as her Endy- mion . I indulged this fancy till I was lost in its 131.
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... blessed in the ignorance ..... that the unavoidable embarrassments attendant on the instability of human affairs , op- pose a continued indulgence of sere- nity and peace ..... the sole prerogatives of heavenly beings . At length I ...
... blessed in the ignorance ..... that the unavoidable embarrassments attendant on the instability of human affairs , op- pose a continued indulgence of sere- nity and peace ..... the sole prerogatives of heavenly beings . At length I ...
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... blessed the absence of sleep ..... Pondered on the new divinity which engrossed my whole soul ......... collected every individual feature , till the finished portrait appeared before my enraptured view . With such vivacity did fancy ...
... blessed the absence of sleep ..... Pondered on the new divinity which engrossed my whole soul ......... collected every individual feature , till the finished portrait appeared before my enraptured view . With such vivacity did fancy ...
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