The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles TatiusG. Bell and Sons, 1893 - 511 páginas |
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... gods , had caused the slaughter they beheld ; this they said at random , still in ignorance and doubt . She , flying towards the youth and embracing him , wept , kissed him , wiped off the blood , fetched a deep sigh , and seemed as if ...
... gods , had caused the slaughter they beheld ; this they said at random , still in ignorance and doubt . She , flying towards the youth and embracing him , wept , kissed him , wiped off the blood , fetched a deep sigh , and seemed as if ...
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... gods ! leaping from the bed , fell at my feet , and besought me , O my son ! stay your hand , pity your father , and these grey hairs which have nourished you . I have used you ill , I confess , but not so as to deserve death from you ...
... gods ! leaping from the bed , fell at my feet , and besought me , O my son ! stay your hand , pity your father , and these grey hairs which have nourished you . I have used you ill , I confess , but not so as to deserve death from you ...
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... gods ! I am justly served . Why , instead of laying schemes against his life , did I not persist in endeavouring to subdue him by kindness ? He refused me at first , and it was but fitting he should do so ; I was a stranger , and he ...
... gods ! I am justly served . Why , instead of laying schemes against his life , did I not persist in endeavouring to subdue him by kindness ? He refused me at first , and it was but fitting he should do so ; I was a stranger , and he ...
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... God we had not ! ) , miserable remains of that unhappy day ; in one thing alone fortunate , in that some pitying deity has ... gods , that I , a priestess , should be united to the son of a high priest . One thing alone I beg of you , O ...
... God we had not ! ) , miserable remains of that unhappy day ; in one thing alone fortunate , in that some pitying deity has ... gods , that I , a priestess , should be united to the son of a high priest . One thing alone I beg of you , O ...
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: addressing himself to Chariclea , but calling earnestly upon the gods and she with tender solicitude inquiring ... God forbid ! " replied the maiden ; " let not your reproaches increase the load of my calamities ; nor , after so long ...
: addressing himself to Chariclea , but calling earnestly upon the gods and she with tender solicitude inquiring ... God forbid ! " replied the maiden ; " let not your reproaches increase the load of my calamities ; nor , after so long ...
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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 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 Nymphs Oroondates passed passion Persians Persina pipe pirates 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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Página 492 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Página 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.
Página 365 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of Death is fled, The first dark day of Nothingness, The last of Danger and Distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where Beauty lingers...
Página 34 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Página 278 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 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.
Página 45 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Página 403 - Methought I had ; and often did I strive To yield the ghost ; but still the envious flood Kept in my soul, and would not let it forth To seek the empty, vast, and wandering air ; But smother'd it within my panting bulk, Which almost burst to belch it in the sea.
Página 410 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse; which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard But not intentively. I did consent, And often did beguile her of her tears When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffered.