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... lady escapes from his power along with her lover Rhodanes . The probability of this event having been anticipated , Damas and Saca , two eunuchs who had been appointed to watch them , ( after having their nose and ears cut off , for ...
... lady escapes from his power along with her lover Rhodanes . The probability of this event having been anticipated , Damas and Saca , two eunuchs who had been appointed to watch them , ( after having their nose and ears cut off , for ...
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... lady of exqui- site beauty , whose appearance is charmingly described , and whom we afterwards find to be Chariclea , is represented sitting on a rock , while a young man lies wounded beside her . The narrative proceeds in the person of ...
... lady of exqui- site beauty , whose appearance is charmingly described , and whom we afterwards find to be Chariclea , is represented sitting on a rock , while a young man lies wounded beside her . The narrative proceeds in the person of ...
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... ladies of the court , among whom Callirrhoe was now numbered , along with him [ vi . 9 ] . But , as they are found to be cumbersome on the march , they are left at Ardo , an island at a short distance from the continent [ vii . 4 ] ...
... ladies of the court , among whom Callirrhoe was now numbered , along with him [ vi . 9 ] . But , as they are found to be cumbersome on the march , they are left at Ardo , an island at a short distance from the continent [ vii . 4 ] ...
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... lady is seized with a passion for the herald , on seeing him for the first time at dinner ; she presses his hand , makes love to him under shelter of the table , and at length pro- ceeds so far that Ismenias bursts into laughter [ 1. i ...
... lady is seized with a passion for the herald , on seeing him for the first time at dinner ; she presses his hand , makes love to him under shelter of the table , and at length pro- ceeds so far that Ismenias bursts into laughter [ 1. i ...
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... lady of Ephesus , on the death of her husband , not contented with the usual demonstrations of grief , de- scended with the corpse into the vault in which it was en- tombed , resolving there to perish with sorrow . From this design no ...
... lady of Ephesus , on the death of her husband , not contented with the usual demonstrations of grief , de- scended with the corpse into the vault in which it was en- tombed , resolving there to perish with sorrow . From this design no ...
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