 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 Bell - English poetry - 1791 - 546 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...and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but were not always attained. But diligence is never wholly lost: if his efforts sometimes... | |
 | Odes, English - 1791 - 172 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...delighted with those flights of imag'.aatiwi which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the min 1 is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular...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... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1802 - 686 pages
...habits of thought, was eminently delighted witli 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." Perhaps the preceding quotation is more characteristic of Johnson's style, than of Collins's disposition... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 170 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 were not al-. waysattained. Yet,as diligence isnever wholly lost, if his efforts sometimes... | |
 | 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...and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him, but were not always attained. Yet, as diligence 13 never wholly lost, if his efforts sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 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 were not always attained. Yet as diligence is never wholly lost, if his efforts some, times... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 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...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 - 556 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...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
...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...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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