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" Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, the other, though... "
The Antiquary - Page 62
edited by - 1881
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 450 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 13

1803 - 402 pages
...an absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his prolusions, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends...great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner. He tells us, that the two friends, being each of them possessed of one of these needles,...
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Select British Classics, Volume 38

1803 - 494 pages
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles,...great a distance, moved at the same time, and in the same manner. He tells us, that the two friends, being each of them possessed of one of these needles,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...hand in a speculation of one of my predecessors. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends,...by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that, if it touched two several needles^ •when one of the needles so touched began...
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The Guardian, Volume 2

1804 - 498 pages
...in a speculation of one of my predecessors '.. Strada, in the person of Lucretius, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends,...by the help of a certain loadstone, which had such a virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when oneof the needles so touched began to...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 pages
...absence of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his Prolusions*, gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends...help of a certain load-stone, which had such virtue iu it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of the needles so touched began to move, tlie...
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The Guardian: No.55-122, May 14-July 31, 1713

1810 - 350 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 4

1810 - 306 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 4

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 pages
...of three years without this expedient. Strada, in one of his prolusions (Pro. 6.), gives an account of a chimerical correspondence between two friends by the help of a certain loadstone, which had No. 241. THE SPECTATOR. 251 such virtue in it, that if it touched two several needles, when one of...
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