Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works

...alchemy This "my" completes the word "Alchemy" from the previous page., which, along with the Preface, Recapitulation, Erroneous Experiments that he warned against, his Epistle to the King, Vision, and Wheel, I shall explain original: "unfold".

    He was eminent in his experience in this field; indeed, his writings are, in my opinion—due to their thoroughness original: "fulness" and excellent descriptions of things—to be preferred over any others that I have read or seen, and I have seen many.

    I would not take away from any honest original: "candid", well-deserving author, but would sincerely original: "ingenuously" give them their due; yet Ripley seems to me to take the prize original: "carry the Garland".

    For my own part, I have reason to honor Bernard Trevisan Bernard Trevisan (1406–1490) was a famous Italian alchemist noted for his long search for the philosopher's stone., who is very clever original: "ingenious" in all his writings, and especially in that Epistle of his to Thomas of Bologna original: "Thomas of Bononia", in