 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 - 1820 - 412 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...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved faries, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 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 waterfalls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 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 inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 336 pages
...— P. 180. 1. 9. COI.I.INS, according to Johnson, " 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 waterfalls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 410 pages
...subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was emjn£ntlyjde,lightedjri,th. those flights of imagination, which pass the bounds...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 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 waterfalls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 682 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 inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 pages
...fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those nights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 532 pages
...chiefly on works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is Yeconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and... | |
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