 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. - Page 275by Samuel Johnson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | John Moore - 1820 - 552 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights • of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.' It will be observed, that frequent mention is made of the poets. In an inquiry into the origin and... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 544 pages
...Mabits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.' It will be observed, that frequent mention is made of the poets. In an inquiry into the origin and... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens." Ttte Baron of Triermain. — P. 23, 1. 9. Triermain was a fief of the Barony of Gilsland, in Cumberland... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 476 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens*" The Saron of Triermain. — P. 11. 1. 2. Triermain was a fief of the Barony of Gilsland, in Cumberland... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 404 pages
...loved faries, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to...and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but not always attained. Yet, as diligence is never wholly lost, if his efforts sometimes caused... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...loved faries, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to...and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but not always attained. Yet, as diligence is never wholly lost, if his efforts sometimes caused... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but not always attained. Yet, as diligence is never.wholly lost, if his efforts sometimes caused... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...gardens. " This was however the character rather of his in-' clioation than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness, and the novelty of extravagance, were always... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 336 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens." The Baron of Triermain — P. 183. 1. 2. Triermain was a fief of the Barony of Gilsland, in Cumberland... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only...to repose by the water-falls . of Elysian gardens." To this we may add the opinion of Dr. Langhorne : "The genius of Collins was capable of every degree... | |
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