 to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.  The Spectator: ... - Page 671737Full view - About this book
 | 1789 - 428 pages
...of poverty.' CREECH. I WAS once engaged in difcourfe with a Rolicrucian about " the great fecret/' As this kind of men (I mean thofe of them who are not profefled cheats) are overrun with eii*** Juft publiftieJ, " An Account of Switzerland, writ" ten in... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 338 pages
...As this kind of mm (I mean thofe of them who are not profefled cheats) are overrun with cnthufiafm and philofophy, it was very amufing to hear this religious...defcanting on his pretended difcovery. He talked of the fecret as of a fpirit which lived within an emerald, and converted every thing that was near it to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 320 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it is capable of. ' It gives a lustre,' says lie, ' to the sun, and water to the... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 304 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it is capable of. ' It gives a lustre,' says he, ' to the sun, and water to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it was capable of. It gives a lustre, says he, to the sun, and water to the diamond.... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...philosophy, it was very amnsing to hear this religions adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it is capahle of. " It gives a lnstre," says he, " to the sun, and water to the... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret, as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it was capaye of. ' It gives a lustre, (says he,) to the sun, and water to the diamond.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting ou his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret, as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it, to the highest perfection it is capable of. It gives a lustre, says he , to lhe sun , and water to the diamond.... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 304 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it is capable of. ' It gives a lustre,' says he, ' to the sun, and water to the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 310 pages
...philosophy, it was very amusing to hear this religious adept descanting on his pretended discovery. He talked of the secret as of a spirit which lived...and converted every thing that was near it to the highest perfection it is capable of. ' It gives a lustre,' says he,' to the sun, and water to the diamond.... | |
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