 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...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 237by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delightet with those flights of imagination which pass the bound of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He Jovei ¡HÜ' , genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 pages
...since 1302; its government is vested, by a Charter of Queen Elizabeth, in of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1835 - 452 pages
...Collins, " who," says Dr Johnson, " was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination, which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 pages
...Collins, " who," says J>r Johnson, " was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination, which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1836 - 328 pages
...some peculiar hahits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass rly introduced after the mention of mildness and gentleness, which passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he dplighted... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...says Dr Johnson, "was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination, which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted... | |
 | England - 1839 - 876 pages
...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 only by passive acquiescence in popular tradition. He loved fairies and genii, giants and monsters ; he delighted... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 894 pages
...peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass ti »• bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by passive acquiescence in popular tradition. He loved fairies and genii, giapts and monsters ; ho delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imngination which pass the hounds l ha@FM passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted... | |
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