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... father of Sinonis arrives at this spot while the animal is employed in devouring the remains of this unfortunate woman , and mistaking the dead body for that of his daughter , he gives it interment , and erects over it a monument , with ...
... father of Sinonis arrives at this spot while the animal is employed in devouring the remains of this unfortunate woman , and mistaking the dead body for that of his daughter , he gives it interment , and erects over it a monument , with ...
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... named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
... named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
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John Colin Dunlop. her reputed father . At the end of this period he becomes doubtful of her power to preserve her chastity any longer in her native country . He therefore determines to carry her along with him , on an embassy to which ...
John Colin Dunlop. her reputed father . At the end of this period he becomes doubtful of her power to preserve her chastity any longer in her native country . He therefore determines to carry her along with him , on an embassy to which ...
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... father ; and by the oppor- tune arrival of Charicles , priest of Delphos , who was wandering through the world in search of Chariclea . After some demur on the part of the Gymnosophists , Chariclea obtains her own release and that of ...
... father ; and by the oppor- tune arrival of Charicles , priest of Delphos , who was wandering through the world in search of Chariclea . After some demur on the part of the Gymnosophists , Chariclea obtains her own release and that of ...
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... father's house in Tyre , where his cousin Leucippe came to seek refuge from a war which was at that time carried on against her native country [ i . 4 ] . These young relatives became mutually enamoured , and 1 Αχιλλέως Τατίε ...
... father's house in Tyre , where his cousin Leucippe came to seek refuge from a war which was at that time carried on against her native country [ i . 4 ] . These young relatives became mutually enamoured , and 1 Αχιλλέως Τατίε ...
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