 The Rosicrucians are a People I must bring You acquainted with. The best Account I know of them is in a French Book called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its Title and Size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by Mistake....  The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope - Página 112de Alexander Pope - 1717 - 408 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 páginas
...novel that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they...Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or demons of Earth, delight in mischief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1889 - 448 páginas
...Yillars' sparkling romance, ' Le Comte de Gabalis.' ' According to those gentlemen,' says Pope, ' the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they...call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders.' The Rosicrucian water-nymph supplied La Motte Fouqué with the idea of that graceful and lovely creation,... | |
 | 1891 - 152 páginas
...novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs and * Hist, of Philosophy, ii. 462. salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 páginas
...Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these Gentlemen, the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they...Salamanders. The Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in i It appears, by this Motto, that the following Poem was written or published at the Lady's request... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 páginas
...Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these Gentlemen, the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they...Salamanders. The Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in 1 It appears, by this Motto, that the following Poem was written or published at the Lady's request.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 páginas
...novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they...sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief : but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 546 páginas
...a novel that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they...sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief ; but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 176 páginas
...novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they...sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders. The gnomes or demons of earth delight in mischief : but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1897 - 358 páginas
...Mrs. Arabella Fermor, must needs be informed of the gentle spirits who wait upon her ; as that " the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they...Salamanders. The gnomes, or Daemons of Earth, delight in mischief, but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are 1 Contes Aforaux, " Le Mari Sylphe."... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - 1897 - 110 páginas
...Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these Gentlemen, the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they...Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Dsemons of Earth delight in mischief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best-condition'd... | |
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