 He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction and subjects of fancy, and by indulging some peculiar habits of thought was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Stran 267avtor: Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Collins - 1854 - 430 strani
...his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 strani
...rate, like him, instead of working in the studies of London, he only dreamed along its streets. He " was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 strani
...according to Johnson, " by indulging some peculiar habit* of thought, wa§ eminently delighted with th< flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature,...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, gianu, and moniU-rs ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant ment, to... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 strani
...fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those nights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 380 strani
...because it sung their praise."] 2 Collins, according to Johnson, " by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 strani
...in the legendary lore and superstitions of any land. Dr. Johnson says of him : " He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Klysian... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 236 strani
...mind chiefly on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 496 strani
...his mind chiefly upon works of fiction and subjects of fancy; and by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 strani
...mind chiefly on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 strani
...mind chiefly on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to... | |
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