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Examples
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They all can tell you why it is they spit upon Thallus, and why no one ventures to eat from the same dish with him or to drink from the same cup.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Deny then, if you dare, that Thallus used to have fits of epilepsy long before I came to Oea, or that has frequently been shown to doctors.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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He may claim to be the greatest of magicians in whose presence Thallus has remained for any considerable time upon his feet.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Even you will not deny that Thallus was epileptic.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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As a matter of fact, Thallus, whom you nentioned, needs a doctor rather than a magician.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Deny then, if you dare, that Thallus used to have fits of epilepsy long before I came to Oea, or that has frequently been shown to doctors.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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You assert also that by promising to heal her I inveigled to my house a free woman who suffered from the same disease as Thallus; that she, too, fell senseless as a result of my incantations.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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You had no reason for demanding that I should produce these slaves; I have good reason for asking you to name those who witnessed that guilty ritual when I cast the moribund Thallus into one of his fits.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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Thallus only is absent owing to the fact that he has been banished to a place some hundred miles distant.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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They all can tell you why it is they spit upon Thallus, and why no one ventures to eat from the same dish with him or to drink from the same cup.
The Defense Apuleius 2008
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