 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 Foreign Quarterly Review - Page 621827Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...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...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...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...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 494 pages
...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...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted te rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...flights of imagination which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only hy a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchanhaent, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to rrj**& hy the water-falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...on the 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 jto which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...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...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 540 pages
...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...giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...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...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | 1813 - 1082 pages
...ирод- works of fiction and subjects of fancy, and by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled onJy by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He lov"ed fairies and genii, giants and mensters... | |
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