 You know the stone called lapis ; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer it is to the heaven : and love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more...  The Works of John Marston - Page 63by John Marston - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - English drama - 1814 - 422 pages
...lapis ; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote, (there's a word, remote) the more remote it is from the frost. Your wit is quick, a little thing pleaseth... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - English drama - 1816 - 424 pages
...lapis; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is: and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote, (there's a word, remote) the more remote it is from the frost. Your wit is quick, a little thing pleaseth... | |
 | John Marston - 1856 - 334 pages
...knowne by my wit as an alehouse by a red lattice. I am not worthy to love and be beloved of Flavia. Fla. I will not scorne to favour such good parts as are...sweete mistresse, I trusse my codpeece point. ^[ Enter PELICHB. Pie. What might import this florish ? Bring us word. Feli. Stand away : here's such a companie... | |
 | sir John Scott Keltie - 1870 - 588 pages
...lapis ; tho nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer it is to tho heaven ; and, love, the nigher it is to the flame, tho more remote (there's a word, remote), the... | |
 | English drama - 1870 - 610 pages
...the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and tho bird, which the geometricians call am'j, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer it is to tho heaven ; and love, tho nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there sa word, remote), the... | |
 | John Marston - 1887 - 396 pages
...lapis; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there's a word, remote !) the more remote it is from the frost. Your wit is quick; a little thing... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1895 - 496 pages
...lapis ; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is, and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth , the nearer it is to heaven ; and love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there's a word remote !) the more... | |
 | Emil Koeppel - English drama - 1906 - 256 pages
...lapis ; the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is : and the bird, which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there's a word, remote t) the more remote it is from the frost (V, l ; vol. I, p. 86). Vögel und... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - English drama - 1908 - 324 pages
...lapis, the nearer it comes to the fire, the hotter it is; and the bird which the geometricians call avis, the farther it is from the earth, the nearer...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there's a word, remote!) — the more remote it is from the frost." Shakespeare and Scott have condescended... | |
 | Algernon Charles Swinburne - Poets, English - 1926 - 512 pages
...it comes to the fire, the hotter it is ; and the bird which the geometricians call avis, the further it is from the earth, the nearer it is to the heaven...love, the nigher it is to the flame, the more remote (there 'sa word, remote !) the more remote it is from the frost.' Shakespeare and Scott have condescended... | |
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