 | Alexander Pope - 1871
...acquainted •with. The best account I know of them is in a French book, called Le Comtc de Gabalis, Avhich both in its title and size is so like a novel, that...the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best conditioned creatures imaginable. For they say, any mortals may enjoy the most intimate familiarities... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1889 - 428 Seiten
...de Yillars' sparkling romance, ' Le Comte de Gabalis.' ' According to those gentlemen,' says Pope, ' the four elements are inhabited by spirits, which...call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs, and salamanders.' The Rosicrucian water-nymph supplied La Motte Fouqué with the idea of that graceful and lovely creation,... | |
 | Friedrich Schiller - 1891 - 118 Seiten
...mysticism, its popularity greatly aided their dissemination. Pope says (Preface to Rape of the Lock) that it is “so like a novel, that many of the fair sex have read it for one by mistake.” Page 54.—i. flng... anf, caught at my casual hints. fid¿ stamen, to busy themselves — to find... | |
 | 1891 - 134 Seiten
...are inhabited by spirits, which they call sylphs, gnomes, nymphs and * Hist, of Philosophy, ii. 462. salamanders. The gnomes, or demons of earth, delight...the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best conditioned creatures imaginable ; for they say any mortals may enjoy the most intimate familiarities... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1893 - 514 Seiten
...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...the sylphs, whose habitation is in the air, are the best conditioned creatures imaginable. . . . As to the following cantos, all the passages of them are... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 505 Seiten
...you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book call'd Le Cointe de Gabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel,...Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in 1 It appears, by this Motto, that the following Poem was written or published... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 505 Seiten
...you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book call'd Le Comie fie Cabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel,...Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes or Daemons of Earth delight in i It appears, by this Motto, that the following Poem was written or published... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896
...elemental spirits of the air ; the Gnomes the elemental spirits of the earth. " 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." — (See Pope, Rape of the Loch, Preface.)— ED. 1 1845.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1896
...elemental spirits of the air ; the Gnomes the elemental spirits of the earth. "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." — (See Pope, Rape of the Lock, Preface.) — ED. MISCELLANEOUS... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - 1897 - 89 Seiten
...you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book call'd Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel,...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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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. 
