"Philander" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... goodly tree, which is of so strange a composition, that 'twill hardly burn; whence Mantuan, et robusta larix igni impenetrabile lignum: for so Caesar found it in a castle he besieg'd, built of it; (the story is recited at large by Vitruvius, l. 2. c. 9.) but see what Philander says upon the place, on his own experience: Yet the coals thereof were held far better than any other, for the melting of iron, and the lock-smith; and to say the truth, we find they burn it frequently as common fuel in the Valtoline, if at least ...
— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn
... entered Philander, who is the most skilful of all men in an address to women. He is arrived at the perfection of that art which gains them; which is, 'to talk like a very miserable man, but look like a very happy one.' I saw Dictinna blush at his entrance, which gave me the alarm; but he immediately ...
— Isaac Bickerstaff • Richard Steele |
