 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 - Page 112by Alexander Pope - 1717 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1871 - 438 pages
...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 the earth, delight in mischief; but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the bestconditioned... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1872 - 340 pages
...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 the earth, delight in mischief; but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...novel, that ratiy of the fair sex have read it for one hy 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 sir, are the best-conditioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 pages
...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.... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - English literature - 1877 - 564 pages
...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 mischief; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best-condition'd creatures imaginable.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...Rosicrucians are a people I must bring you acquainted with . . . 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... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1880 - 480 pages
...was 'to be found in a French book called Le Comte de Gabalis. . . . According to these gentlemen the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which they call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders.' NOTE 1 16, PAGE 138. Incubus ! Incubus ! &c. Incubi, says R. Meldegg, were known even to St. Augustine,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1883 - 888 pages
...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 the earth, delight in mischief ; but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...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 mischief; but the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned creatures imaginable.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
...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... | |
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