Excerpt from The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura, Vol. 1 of 2: Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1709, Revised and Corrected But then I cannot put Lucian absolutely into. That illustrious class, he lived in an age when the taste of the people was as loose and de hanched as their principles and manners; and Lucian, with-all his wit, could not escape the infection of the times, as is plain from his de fence of dancing, in which, though he gives a great many just praises to that art, then in its perfection, yet ...
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Excerpt from The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius, of Medaura, Vol. 1 of 2: Reprinted From the Scarce Edition of 1709, Revised and Corrected But then I cannot put Lucian absolutely into. That illustrious class, he lived in an age when the taste of the people was as loose and de hanched as their principles and manners; and Lucian, with-all his wit, could not escape the infection of the times, as is plain from his de fence of dancing, in which, though he gives a great many just praises to that art, then in its perfection, yet when he prefers it even to a tragedy, he pays but a slender deference to sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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