 Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work : the bulls, our furnace, Still breathing fire ; our Argent-vive, the dragon ; The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate, That keeps the whiteness, hardness, and...  The modern British drama - Page 75by British drama - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 576 lehte
...X ''/."'< (" 'Xfvcrov in voc. Stpat. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And, all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, The alembic,8 and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 576 lehte
...was no other than a book of alchemy, Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And, all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, The alembic,8 and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1875 - 628 lehte
...^r1ficiat xpvirov tp in voc. it (HI •:. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And, all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls, our furnace, Still breathing fire ; our argent- vive, the dragon : The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate, That keeps the whiteness, hardness,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 lehte
...Medea's charms, The manner of our work : the bulk, our furnace, Still breathing fire : our Argeni-vive, ers gathered into Jason's helm (Th" alembic), and then sowed in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 lehte
...large sheepskin, a good fat rum-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And all that table of Medea's charms, The manner of our work : the bulls, our furnace, Still breathing fire : our Argent-vim, the Dragou : The Dragon's teeth, Mercury sublimate, That keeps the whiteness, hardness,... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 386 lehte
...large sheepskin, a good fat ram-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work : the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting : And they are gather'd into Jason's helm (The alembic) and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so often,... | |
 | Oswald Crawfurd - 1883 - 326 lehte
...large sheep-skin, a good fat ram-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And, all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so often,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 lehte
...large sheep-skin, a good fat ram-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And, all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so often,... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - 1890 - 628 lehte
...absurdity was affirmed by Goropius Becanus. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, no The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 344 lehte
...large sheepskin, a good fat ram-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work ; the bulls,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting ; And they are gather'd into Jason's helm, The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field. And thence sublimed so often,... | |
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