| John Bell - 1791 - 546 ページ
...which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove...palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens. This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius, the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 ページ
...which the min 1 is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants and monsters; he delighted to rove through...of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysiari gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the... | |
| John Aikin - 1802 - 686 ページ
...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 water-falls of Elysian gardens." Perhaps the preceding quotation is more characteristic of Johnson's style, than of Collins's disposition... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 ページ
...ioved fairies, genii, giants and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantmenr, to gaze on 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 genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 168 ページ
...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 water-falls of Elysian gardens. "This was, however, the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 ページ
...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 water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 ページ
...which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove...palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 ページ
...which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove...palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 ページ
...loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantaient, to gaze on 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 genius: the grandeur of wildness,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 ページ
...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 water-falls of Rlysian gardens. "This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the gran,... | |
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