 | Andrew Kippis - 744 ページ
...the Italian, French, " and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefty upon works of fietion, and " fubjects of fancy ; and, by indulging fome peculiar...nature, and to " which the mind is reconciled only by a pailive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He " loved Fairies, Genii, Giants, and Monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 ページ
...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 only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted... | |
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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... 
