 | Odes, English - 1791 - 172 pages
...loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens. This was however the charafter rather of his inclination than his genius, the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...only by a paflive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment,...to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repofe by the water-falls of Elyfian gardens. " This was, however, the character rather of his inclination... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...loved fairies, genii, 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 of Elysiari gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1803 - 926 pages
...horror, and exalt hij woe. * "HE loved,'* lays Dr Johnfon, " fairies, genii, giants, and monfters : he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment,—...gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, — to repofe by the waterfalls of Ely fian gai dens." MANY inftances indeed might be adduced to exemplify... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds...palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. "This was, however, the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...ioved fairies, genii, giants and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantmenr, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...and subjects of fancy, and by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds...palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds...on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by thft water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds...of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Rlysian gardens. "This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the gran,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds...the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his... | |
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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... 
