 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
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...a very new and odd foundation, the Rosicrucian doctrine of spirits 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...a very new and odd foundation, the Rosicrucian doctrine of spirits 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... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 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 Pope - 1909 - 132 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 Djjnons of Earth delight in mischief : but the jaylphs, whose habitation is in the Air, are the best-condition'd... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 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-condition'... | |
 | Villars (abbé de, Nicolas-Pierre-Henri) - Demonology - 1913 - 412 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-condition'd... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the four elements ate us, Shut from the busy mischief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best-conditioned creatures imaginable... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake. According to these gentlemen, the Salamander». The Gnomes, or Diemons of earth, delight in mischief ; but the Sylphs, whose habitation... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1916 - 160 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.... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 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...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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