 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
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by miftake. According to thefe Gentlemen the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they...Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Demons of Earth delight in mifchief ; but the Sylphs, whofe habitation is in the Air, are the beft... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...give me leave to expla-n two or tbree difficult terms. inhahited hy spirits, which they call Sylpbs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The gnomes, or daemons of earth, delight in mischief; hut the. sylpbs, whose hahitation is in the air, are the hest-conditioned creatures imaginahle... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 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 hahitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...many of the fair sex have read it tor one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four dements are inhabited by spirits which they call 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements art inhabited by spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The gnomes, or damans of earth, delight in mischief; but the sylphs, wfiose habitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...sex have read it for one hy mistake. According to these gentlemen, the foor elements are inhahited hy spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or demons of earth, delight in mischief; hut tho Sylphs, whuse hahitation is in the air, are the hest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 308 pages
...sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements are inhahited by spirits, which they call 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 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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