Scriptores Erotici Græci: The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius; Comprising The Ethiopics, Or Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea ...Bell, 1889 - 511 pages |
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... live an unsettled life solely on my account ; he married therefore a woman of polished manners , but a * Bovλns de rns avw . The Council of the 500 , who were a kind of Committee of the ' Ekkλnoia to prepare measures for that assembly ...
... live an unsettled life solely on my account ; he married therefore a woman of polished manners , but a * Bovλns de rns avw . The Council of the 500 , who were a kind of Committee of the ' Ekkλnoia to prepare measures for that assembly ...
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... lives in servile offices , I employed in such services as they had been accustomed to . But now I do ask one part of these spoils for myself , this foreign maiden . I might take her by my own authority , but I would rather receive her ...
... lives in servile offices , I employed in such services as they had been accustomed to . But now I do ask one part of these spoils for myself , this foreign maiden . I might take her by my own authority , but I would rather receive her ...
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... lives , attacked us ; our friends defended us ; a dreadful combat ensued , which was continued with such rage and animosity , on both sides , that of the whole number engaged we alone survived ( would to God we had not ! ) , miserable ...
... lives , attacked us ; our friends defended us ; a dreadful combat ensued , which was continued with such rage and animosity , on both sides , that of the whole number engaged we alone survived ( would to God we had not ! ) , miserable ...
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... lives ; and friendship and relationship are only so far considered among them as they conduce to this main end , The leaders of this attack were the men who had fled from Thyamis and his followers at the Heracleotic mouth of the Nile ...
... lives ; and friendship and relationship are only so far considered among them as they conduce to this main end , The leaders of this attack were the men who had fled from Thyamis and his followers at the Heracleotic mouth of the Nile ...
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... live no longer ; you have fallen by an untimely death , nor was he on whom you doated present to receive your latest breath ; but you are become the prey of flames , and these are the nuptial torches which cruel fate has lighted up for ...
... live no longer ; you have fallen by an untimely death , nor was he on whom you doated present to receive your latest breath ; but you are become the prey of flames , and these are the nuptial torches which cruel fate has lighted up for ...
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Achæmenes Achilles Tatius appeared arms arrived Arsace Bagoas beauty began body buccaneers Calasiris called Callisthenes Chariclea Charicles Charmides Clinias Clitopho Cnemon concealed Cybele Daphnis and Chloe daughter death deity delight desire Dryas Edition Egyptian embraced endeavoured enemy escape Ethiopian exclaimed eyes father favour fear flocks flowers fortune give goats gods Greek grief hand hear heard Heliodorus honour Hydaspes inquired king kiss Lamon Leucippe Leucippe's lover maiden manner marriage Melitta Menelaus mind mistress Myrtale Nausicles night Nile Notes Nymphs Oroondates passion Persians Persina pipe pirates Portrait present preserved priest prisoners promised received replied returned sacred sacrifice sail Satyrus seized shew sight slave sleep soon Sosthenes Sostratus soul stranger suffer sword Syene tears temple Theagenes Theagenes and Chariclea Thersander Thisbe thou thought Thyamis took Trachinus Trans vessel vols wine wish woman words wound young youth Zacynthus δὲ καὶ
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Page 319 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green-sward : nothing she does or seems But smacks of something greater than herself, Too noble for this place.
Page 459 - Subtle as sphinx; as sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Never durst poet touch a pen to write, Until his ink were temper'd with Love's sighs ; O, then his lines would ravish savage ears, And plant in tyrants mild humility.
Page 377 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 492 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Page 427 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.
Page 436 - Romeo: and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 162 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.