 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
 | John Edward Mercer (bp. of Tasmania) - 1921 - 272 lehte
...to — " The manner of our work ; the bulls, our furnace, Still breathing fire ; our argent -vive, the dragon : The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate,...whiteness, hardness and the biting ; And they are gathered into Jason's helm. The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field, And thence sublimed so often,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1966 - 500 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 gathered into Jason's helm, Th' alembic, and then sowed in Mars' s field, And thence sublimed so often,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1989 - 558 lehte
..., a patent symbol of their own quest. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub; And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work: the bulls,...Still breathing fire; our argent-vive, the dragon; 95 The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate, That keeps the whiteness, hardness, and the biting; And they... | |
 | John Read - 1995 - 260 lehte
...recondite language and imagery of alchemy: The bulls, our furnace, Still breathing fire: our argent- vive, the dragon: The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate,...whiteness, hardness, and the biting: And they are gathered into Jason's helm, (The alembic), and then sowed in Man his field, And thence sublimed so... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1998 - 566 lehte
...large sheepskin, a good fat ram-vellum. Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub, 0 And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work: the bulls,...Still breathing fire; our argent-vive, the dragon; 95 The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate, 0 That keeps the whiteness, hardness, and the biting; And... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1999 - 630 lehte
...insects by the special power of St. Patrick Such was Pythagoras' thigh, Pandora's tub; And all that fable of Medea's charms, The manner of our work : the bulls,...Still breathing fire; our argent-vive, the dragon: 95 The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate, That keeps the whiteness, hardness, and the biting; And they... | |
 | Ben Jonson, Reginald John Lethbridge Kingsford - 1965 - 166 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,... | |
 | 1906 - 552 lehte
...symbolized the processes of alchemy: — "The bulls, our furnace Still breathing fire; our argent- vive, the dragon: The dragon's teeth, mercury sublimate,...biting; And they are gather 'd into Jason's helm, The alembic, and then sow'd in Mars his field." We should not expect, therefore, to find any recondite... | |
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