Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the f
reedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment limits the power of:
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The author Mary Shelley use the word chimerical in that line because she said that the powers of Cornelius Agrippa were improbable and because she wanted to say this in a fancy way.
Hope this Helps :)
BTW, Mary Shelley is the author of Frankenstein <span />