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visionaries in those days; but in consequence of the superstitious prejudices of the times, and the frequent persecutions of its votaries, they were apt to pursue their experiments m secret;- in lonely houses, in caverns and ruins, or in the privacy of cloistered cells. In the course of the night, the old man had several fits of restlessness and delirium ; he would call out upon Theophrastus, and Geber,and Albertus Magnus, and other sages of his art ; and anon would murmur about fermentation an...d projection, until, toward day- light, he once more sunk iato a salutary sleep. When the morning sun darted his rays into the casement, the fair Inez, attended by the female domestic, came blushing into the chamber. The student now took his leave, having himself need of repose, but ob- taining ready permission to return and inquire after the sufferer. When he called again, he found the alchymist lan- guid and in pain, but apparently suffering more in mind than in body. His delirium had left him, and he had been informed of the particulars of his de- liverance, and of the subsequent attentions of the Digitized byGoogk THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA.
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