The Works of Ben Jonson: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a Biographical Memoir, 4. sējumsG. and W. Nicol, 1816 |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 45.
4. lappuse
... gold . The professors of the art of chemistry , ( as well as the critics ) are not entirely agreed about the meaning and etymology of the word : Menage derives it from an Arabic term , signifying the occult science : and Julius Firmicus ...
... gold . The professors of the art of chemistry , ( as well as the critics ) are not entirely agreed about the meaning and etymology of the word : Menage derives it from an Arabic term , signifying the occult science : and Julius Firmicus ...
16. lappuse
... gold and silver . Searching for things lost , & c . ] This species of divination , which is of the remotest antiquity , yet retains its credit among the vulgar . By " erecting figures , " & c . in the next line , is mcant delineating ...
... gold and silver . Searching for things lost , & c . ] This species of divination , which is of the remotest antiquity , yet retains its credit among the vulgar . By " erecting figures , " & c . in the next line , is mcant delineating ...
19. lappuse
... gold and barbing it . ] To launder gold is , pro- bably , to wash it in aqua regia ; a practice , it is to be feared , ( while gold was , ) not uncommon . This verb is not found in our dictionaries ; though it is as regularly formed as ...
... gold and barbing it . ] To launder gold is , pro- bably , to wash it in aqua regia ; a practice , it is to be feared , ( while gold was , ) not uncommon . This verb is not found in our dictionaries ; though it is as regularly formed as ...
21. lappuse
... . Sol and Luna , with which mistress Dorothea reproaches Subtle just below , are gold and silver ; for in the cant of alchemy , nothing goes by its right name . Sub . Would I were hang'd then ! I'll conform THE ALCHEMIST . 21.
... . Sol and Luna , with which mistress Dorothea reproaches Subtle just below , are gold and silver ; for in the cant of alchemy , nothing goes by its right name . Sub . Would I were hang'd then ! I'll conform THE ALCHEMIST . 21.
42. lappuse
... gold about thee ? Drug . Yes , I have a portague , ' I have kept this half year . Face . Out on thee , Nab ! ' Slight , there was such an offer- Shalt keep't no longer , I'll give't him for thee . -Doctor , Nab prays your worship to ...
... gold about thee ? Drug . Yes , I have a portague , ' I have kept this half year . Face . Out on thee , Nab ! ' Slight , there was such an offer- Shalt keep't no longer , I'll give't him for thee . -Doctor , Nab prays your worship to ...
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alchemy Allobroges Ananias Bartholomew Fair bawd Ben Jonson brother Busy Cæs Cæsar captain Catiline Cato Cethegus Cicero Cokes consul Curius Damon dost thou doth Drug Edgworth Enter Exeunt Exit faith fear fellow fortune Fulvia gentlemen give gold Grace hast hath hear hobby-horse honest honour Inigo Jones is't Jonson Knock lady Leath Leatherhead Lentulus look lord madam Mammon means mistress never night noble Numps old writers on't Overdo play poet pray thee profane Puritans purse Quar Quarlous rogue Rome Sallust SCENE scurvy Sejanus Sempronia senate Shakspeare shalt shew sister speak spirit Subtle tell there's thing thou art twas unto Urse Ursula vapours warrant Waspe WHAL Whalley what's Whit Winw Winwife word worship