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... enchanted with Mary of Arragon in the church of the Cordeliers , at Naples . Calasiris , who had been engaged to influence the mind of Chariclea in favour of her intended husband , is warned in a vision by Apollo that he should return ...
... enchanted with Mary of Arragon in the church of the Cordeliers , at Naples . Calasiris , who had been engaged to influence the mind of Chariclea in favour of her intended husband , is warned in a vision by Apollo that he should return ...
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... enchantment was repeated . " Aminta , act i . sc . 2 , Leigh Hunt's translation . Cf. too Sir John Suckling's- " Her lips were red and one was thin , Compared to that was next her chin , Some bee had stung it newly . " formed who ...
... enchantment was repeated . " Aminta , act i . sc . 2 , Leigh Hunt's translation . Cf. too Sir John Suckling's- " Her lips were red and one was thin , Compared to that was next her chin , Some bee had stung it newly . " formed who ...
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... natural form , by the force of enchantment ; he expected to behold the statues walk , and to hear the oxen prophesy . While roaming through the town he met with a lady , called I. H CH . II . ] 97 APULEIUS - THE GOLDEN ASS .
... natural form , by the force of enchantment ; he expected to behold the statues walk , and to hear the oxen prophesy . While roaming through the town he met with a lady , called I. H CH . II . ] 97 APULEIUS - THE GOLDEN ASS .
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... enchanted garden and the gorgeous palace vanish along with him . Psyche finds herself alone and solitary on the banks of a river . Under the protection of Pan she wanders through the country , and successively arrives at the kingdom of ...
... enchanted garden and the gorgeous palace vanish along with him . Psyche finds herself alone and solitary on the banks of a river . Under the protection of Pan she wanders through the country , and successively arrives at the kingdom of ...
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... enchanted castles , which forms the seasoning of the adventures of chivalry , has been distinguished by the name of Romantic Fiction ; and we shall now proceed to discuss the various systems which have been formed to account for its ...
... enchanted castles , which forms the seasoning of the adventures of chivalry , has been distinguished by the name of Romantic Fiction ; and we shall now proceed to discuss the various systems which have been formed to account for its ...
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