 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 Prose Works - Pàgina 277per Walter Scott - 1853Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1764 - 706 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, waseminerttly delighted with thole flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paflive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved faries, genii, giants, and ' ' , leaft he pteferved... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 616 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved Fairies, Genii, Giants, and Monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pàgines
...fome peculiar Habits of Thought, was eminently delighted with thofe Flights of Imagination which pafs the Bounds of Nature, and to which the Mind is reconciled only by a paffive Acquiefcence in popular Traditions. He loved Fairies, Genii, Giant?, and Monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is recon<ciled only by a paflive acquiefoence in popular traditions- He loved fairies-, genii, giants, and monfters; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monflers; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe ffights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paflive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pàgines
...fome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with thofe flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters; he delighted... | |
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