History of Prose Fiction, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 1205 pages |
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... emperor Marcus Aurelius : Lucius collected accounts of magical transfor- mations ; Photius remarks , that his style is delightful by its perspicuity , purity , and sweetness , but as his work com- prehends a relation of incidents ...
... emperor Marcus Aurelius : Lucius collected accounts of magical transfor- mations ; Photius remarks , that his style is delightful by its perspicuity , purity , and sweetness , but as his work com- prehends a relation of incidents ...
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... Emperor Julian , and were great favourites of the Apostate . The name ' Iάuẞixos , says Mueller , seems to be an Arabic form , and should be pronounced with the penultima long . It is probably the same as yam ( 2 ) , ( in 1 Chron . iv ...
... Emperor Julian , and were great favourites of the Apostate . The name ' Iάuẞixos , says Mueller , seems to be an Arabic form , and should be pronounced with the penultima long . It is probably the same as yam ( 2 ) , ( in 1 Chron . iv ...
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... Emperor Leo Philosophus ( Anthol . Gr . ix . 203 ) . The lines have also been attributed to Photius , but it is not probable he was the author , if we consider the opinion he gives of the work of Tatius in his Myriabibla ( cod . 87 ) ...
... Emperor Leo Philosophus ( Anthol . Gr . ix . 203 ) . The lines have also been attributed to Photius , but it is not probable he was the author , if we consider the opinion he gives of the work of Tatius in his Myriabibla ( cod . 87 ) ...
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... emperor Leo Isau- ricus , ) appears to have written his Lives of laid waste with the city in A.D. 263 , and of which no mention is found subsequent to about 235 , and from other internal evidence is inclined to place him somewhere about ...
... emperor Leo Isau- ricus , ) appears to have written his Lives of laid waste with the city in A.D. 263 , and of which no mention is found subsequent to about 235 , and from other internal evidence is inclined to place him somewhere about ...
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... emperor Emanuel Comnenus . The commencement of the story , and the mode in which the hero and heroine become acquainted , is evidently taken from Heliodorus . Ismenias or Hysmenias is sent as a herald from his native city , Eurycomis ...
... emperor Emanuel Comnenus . The commencement of the story , and the mode in which the hero and heroine become acquainted , is evidently taken from Heliodorus . Ismenias or Hysmenias is sent as a herald from his native city , Eurycomis ...
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