Yale Studies in English, Volym 17Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1903 - 373 sidor |
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... into such light as shall make this satire upon it intelligible . The editor has had in mind chiefly the requirements of the scholar , but has added some fullness of detail in the hope that the work might be equally intel-
... into such light as shall make this satire upon it intelligible . The editor has had in mind chiefly the requirements of the scholar , but has added some fullness of detail in the hope that the work might be equally intel-
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... satire or the statute , or other cause effected it , I do not know , but for some reason alchemy declined , and we hear no more about it until towards 1450 . The reign of Henry VI ( 1422-61 ) was the heyday of alchemy in England . Many ...
... satire or the statute , or other cause effected it , I do not know , but for some reason alchemy declined , and we hear no more about it until towards 1450 . The reign of Henry VI ( 1422-61 ) was the heyday of alchemy in England . Many ...
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... Satirist tho he was , Jonson presented their side of the case ably , far more ably than many of the art's professors ; so well , indeed , that I do not doubt it will be possible to find alchemists after his time who will maintain that ...
... Satirist tho he was , Jonson presented their side of the case ably , far more ably than many of the art's professors ; so well , indeed , that I do not doubt it will be possible to find alchemists after his time who will maintain that ...
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... satirist , has many incidental references to dishonest practices of all sorts . What else are satirists for but to keep us from forgetting how mean we are ? Some of these I quote elsewhere . • Without attempting to notice all of these ...
... satirist , has many incidental references to dishonest practices of all sorts . What else are satirists for but to keep us from forgetting how mean we are ? Some of these I quote elsewhere . • Without attempting to notice all of these ...
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... satirical cause assigned for the conjurers ' failure adds to that impression : ' the reason is , the diuell of late is growen a puritane , and cannot away with anie ceremonies 3 ; ... Again Nashe refers to alchemy slightingly in Nashes ...
... satirical cause assigned for the conjurers ' failure adds to that impression : ' the reason is , the diuell of late is growen a puritane , and cannot away with anie ceremonies 3 ; ... Again Nashe refers to alchemy slightingly in Nashes ...
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Sida 282 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Sida 269 - The law against witches does not prove there be any ; but it punishes the malice of those people, that use such means to take away men's lives : if one should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life, though in truth he could do no such thing : yet this were a just law made by the state, that whosoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry buz, with an intention to take away a man's life, shall be put to death.
Sida 335 - It is the very error of the moon; She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad.
Sida 236 - Sir, I can take no knowledge That they are yours, but by public means. If you can bring certificate that you were gull'd of 'em, Or any formal writ out of a court, That you did cozen yourself, I will not hold them.
Sida 269 - She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches, And with sharper nails remembers When they rake not up their embers: But if so they chance to feast her, In a shoe she drops a tester.
Sida 357 - em, no, not Jonson in his height, Could pass without allowing grains for weight. Think it not envy that these truths are told, Our poet's not malicious, though he's bold.
Sida 132 - And I would know by art, sir, of your worship, Which way I should make my door, by necromancy, And where my shelves ; and which should be for boxes, And which for pots. I would be glad to thrive, sir : And I was wish'd* to your worship by a gentleman, One Captain Face, that says you know men's planets. And their good angels, and their bad.
Sida 19 - The objects of the association, as set forth in its constitution, are ' the theoretical and experimental study of evolution and of the transmutation of bodies. Its members, with this end in view, study the processes of the ancient alchemists and compare them with the work of modern chemists.
Sida 54 - Plainely \l~\aying open those pernitious sleights that hath brought many ignorant men to confusion.