The temple of Gnidus; followed by Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 · London : Vizetelly · leaf 97
VENTUALLY we quitted the place consecrated to Bacchus ; but we soon began to imagine that our miseries had only been suspended. It is true that we no longer felt the frenzy with which we had been agitated; but sadness and melan- choly had taken possession of our souls, and we were tortured with… … But we felt none of those sweet sensations which it is usual to feel when, after a long absence, and on the point of again seeing the beloved object, the soul
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