 The same we say of lead and other metals, Which would be gold if they had time. MAM. And that Our art doth further. SUB. Ay, for 'twere absurd To think that nature in the earth bred gold Perfect i' the instant: something went before.  The Doctor, Etc - Page 56by Robert Southey - 1862 - 694 pagesFull view - About this book
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...cannot be. The egg's ordain'd by nature to that end, And is a chicken in potentia. Sub. The fame we fay of lead, and other metals, Which would be gold, if they had time. 1 * That ysu fiauLl ha- th gold in a furnace, fir, Ai thry do eggs in JKpyfit.] Befides the accounts... | |
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