 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
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - Authors, English - 1886 - 632 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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Literary Criticism - 1889 - 448 pages
...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,... | |
 | Rosicrucians - 1891 - 152 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 Philosophy, ii. 462. salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 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 i It appears, by this Motto, that the following Poem was written or published at the Lady's request... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 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... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1893 - 546 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 176 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... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - Hampton Court (S.C.). - 1897 - 358 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1897 - 110 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 Dsemons of Earth delight in mischief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best-condition'd... | |
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