 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
 | 1925 - 366 pages
...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-conditioned... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - English literature - 1925 - 488 pages
...Rosicrucian philosophy, according to which, as he explains in his dedication to Miss Fermor, " 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... | |
 | George William McClelland - English Literature (selections: Extracts, Etc.) - 1925 - 1180 pages
...Novel that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these Gentlemen, the T» ALTHEA, FROM PRISON . When love with unconfined...Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings Demons of Earth delight in mischief; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best conditioned... | |
 | Health Research - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1993 - 148 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 call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs and * Hist. of Pliilnsnphy, ii. 462. salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gendemen, 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.... | |
 | Christopher McIntosh - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1998 - 208 pages
...account 1 know of them is in a French book call'd Le Comte de Gabalis. According to these Gentlemen, the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs and Salamanders."2 These creatures hover over events in Pope's poem. The Sylphs, for example, are whimsically... | |
 | Bb N De Montfaucon De Villars - Fiction - 2005 - 389 pages
...Ga&a/u, which both in its title and size read it for one by mistake. According to these Geutiernen, the four Elements are Inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnumes or Demons of Edith delight in mjschief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation '.& in the Air, are... | |
 | Georgiana Spencer Cavendish (Duchess of Devonshire) - Fiction - 2007 - 306 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 bestcondition'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 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.... | |
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