Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems (1902)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York; London : Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 492
f signatures, the philosophersstone; and he knew that the circle had been squared.He made some curious prophesies held to apply tosteam-engines, balloons, etc. I have been inquisitiveenough about Friar Bacon to examine his book. TheCure of Old Age, to see what he says of Roses, hisloved Emblem, and… … Sun-dial at Branksea Castle, Poole Harbour, England. likewise. In the book are some wholesome rules ofhealth and some shocking ones, but what with con-forming everything to the planets, and with wiselyquoting of the classics. Friar Bacon contrives to tellas little as I ever knew in a book of a…
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