Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (Of 3)
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The hermetic philosopherrequired only the materials, and time, to perform his golden operations. He was taken, to the country residence of his patroness. A longlaboratory was built, and that his labours might not be impeded by anydisturbance, no one was permitted to enter into it. His door wascontrived to turn on a pivot; so that, unseen and unseeing, his mealswere conveyed to him without distracting the sublime meditations of thesage.
During a residence of two years, he never condescended to s...peak but twoor three times in a year to his infatuated patroness. When she wasadmitted into the laboratory, she saw, with pleasing astonishment, stills, cauldrons, long flues, and three or four Vulcanian fires blazingat different corners of this magical mine; nor did she behold with lessreverence the venerable figure of the dusty philosopher. Pale andemaciated with daily operations and nightly vigils, he revealed to her, in unintelligible jargon, his progresses; and having sometimescondescended to explain the mysteries of the arcana, she beheld, orseemed to behold, streams of fluid and heaps of solid ore scatteredaround the laboratory.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The hermetic philosopherrequired only the materials, and time, to perform his golden operations. He was taken, to the country residence of his patroness. A longlaboratory was built, and that his labours might not be impeded by anydisturbance, no one was permitted to enter into it. His door wascontrived to turn on a pivot; so that, unseen and unseeing, his mealswere conveyed to him without distracting the sublime meditations of thesage.
During a residence of two years, he never condescended to s...peak but twoor three times in a year to his infatuated patroness. When she wasadmitted into the laboratory, she saw, with pleasing astonishment, stills, cauldrons, long flues, and three or four Vulcanian fires blazingat different corners of this magical mine; nor did she behold with lessreverence the venerable figure of the dusty philosopher. Pale andemaciated with daily operations and nightly vigils, he revealed to her, in unintelligible jargon, his progresses; and having sometimescondescended to explain the mysteries of the arcana, she beheld, orseemed to behold, streams of fluid and heaps of solid ore scatteredaround the laboratory.
What to read after Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (Of 3)?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Disraeli Isaac to read onlineMoreLess
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