Shakspere's England; Or, a Sketches of Our Social History in the Reign of Elizabeth: In Two Volumes, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 424 pages |
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Page 79
... were thought typical of sol , and sulphur , and mercury , and of the spiritus , anima , and corpus , of which the Trinity furnished an allegory . The works frequently end thus : - Or : - - " Joy eternal and everlasting bliss.
... were thought typical of sol , and sulphur , and mercury , and of the spiritus , anima , and corpus , of which the Trinity furnished an allegory . The works frequently end thus : - Or : - - " Joy eternal and everlasting bliss.
Page 80
... mercury . Another enigma runs thus : - " When 7 times 26 had run their race , Then Nature discovered his black face , But when a C. and L. had overcome him in fight , He made him wash his face white and bright . Then came 36 with great ...
... mercury . Another enigma runs thus : - " When 7 times 26 had run their race , Then Nature discovered his black face , But when a C. and L. had overcome him in fight , He made him wash his face white and bright . Then came 36 with great ...
Page 82
... mercury , by distillations and digestions numberless to purify the sulphur , and bring it to the last degree of exalt- ation or rectification . Few sages are , however , said to have done more than fix the mercury . The second system ...
... mercury , by distillations and digestions numberless to purify the sulphur , and bring it to the last degree of exalt- ation or rectification . Few sages are , however , said to have done more than fix the mercury . The second system ...
Page 83
... mercury ; from the fat earth sulphur ; the last being the male or active , and the first the passive or female ... mercury : gold was a close combination of sulphur and mercury , containing less * Ben Jonson's Alchemist , Act ii . Sc . 1 ...
... mercury ; from the fat earth sulphur ; the last being the male or active , and the first the passive or female ... mercury : gold was a close combination of sulphur and mercury , containing less * Ben Jonson's Alchemist , Act ii . Sc . 1 ...
Page 84
... mercury it turns it into a metal . Modern chemists say , in reply , that the residuum is not mercury , but dross arising from some original impurity . Putting their case simply , the alchemists may have sometimes purified gold from ...
... mercury it turns it into a metal . Modern chemists say , in reply , that the residuum is not mercury , but dross arising from some original impurity . Putting their case simply , the alchemists may have sometimes purified gold from ...
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