 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 - Page 277by Walter Scott - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 pages
...Collins, ill-slarre'l name/— P. 4S8. Of Collins, Johnson says that he was "delighted with those nights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters." Tliat may match with the Baron of Friermain. — P. 429. Trierraan was a fief of the barony of Gilshmd,... | |
 | William Motherwell, James M'conechy - 1881 - 400 pages
...would have afforded an inexhaustible supply of those materials in which his genius most delighted. " He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1885 - 324 pages
...would have afforded an inexhaustible supply of those materials, in which his genius most delighted. " He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through tlie meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1896 - 312 pages
...his own country, and in the legendary lore and superstitions of any land. Dr. Johnson says of him : " He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 pages
...on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 234 pages
...on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | William Collins - 1898 - 236 pages
...on the works of fiction, and subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 480 pages
...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...giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls... | |
 | 1908 - 604 pages
...Home, he gives a sonorous and memorable setting to his convictions. Dr. Johnson said of Collins that "he loved fairies, genii, giants and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 760 pages
...her Poet's voice ? a 1 Collins, according to Johnson, " by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination...giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls... | |
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