 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...Colliiu, ill -i :ii > M шипе!— Р. 348. ( 'oi.i.rvs, according to Johnson, " by indulging «ome peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted...those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of natuie, and to which the mind popular traditions. He loved fairies, fccnii, giants, and monsters; he... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...character of Collins the man. •• He had employed his mind chiefly on -works of fiction and subjects of fancy, and by indulging some peculiar habits of...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 742 pages
...Spanish language«. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and subjects of fancv ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imngination which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 pages
...his mind chiefly upon works of hction, and suhjects of fancy; and, hy indulging some peculiar hahits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only hy a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 328 pages
...mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and suhjects of fancy ; and, hy indulging some peculiar hahits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the hounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only hy a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1847 - 408 pages
...of fiction and subjects of fancy, and by indulging some peculiar habits of thought^was universally delighted with -those flights of imagination which...reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular tradition. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray - 1852 - 332 pages
...of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was emi nently delighted with those flights of imagination which...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters j he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pages
...according to Johnson, " by indulging some peculiar habit* of thought, wa§ eminently delighted with th< flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature,...acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, gianu, and moniU-rs ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant ment, to gaze «in the magnificence... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...SPIRIT AND STYLE. — " Collins 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 nights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 380 pages
...dead,-— 1 [MS.—" Perchance, because it sung their praise.'*] 2 Collins, according to Johnson, " by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was...passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fames, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze... | |
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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... 
