 | 1764 - 706 pągines
...fubjefts of fancy; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits of thought, waseminerttly delighted with thole flights of imagination which pafs the bounds of nature,...to which the mind is reconciled only by a paflive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved faries, genii, giants, and ' ' , leaft he pteferved the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 616 pągines
...French, and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiftion, and fubje&s of fancy ; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved Fairies, Genii, Giants, and Monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pągines
...French, and Spanijh Languages. He had employed his Mind chiefly upon Works of Fiftion, and Subjects of Fancy ; and by indulging fome peculiar Habits of...to which the Mind is reconciled only by a paflive Acquiefcence in popular Traditions. He loved Fairies, Genii, Giants, and Monfters ; he delighted to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pągines
...French, and Spanijh Languages. He had employed his Mind chiefly upon Works of Fiction, and Subjects of Fancy ; and by indulging fome peculiar Habits of...Nature, and to which the Mind is reconciled only by a paffive Acquiefcence in popular Traditions. He loved Fairies, Genii, Giant?, and Monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pągines
...French, and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and fubjects of fancy ; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 244 pągines
...French, and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction, and fubjects of fancy ; and by indulging fome peculiar habits of...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monflers; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pągines
...French, and Spanifli languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fic"lion, and fubjects of fancy ; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pągines
...Spanifli languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiftion, and fubjects of fancy ; arfd, by indulging fome peculiar habits of thought, was...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters; he delighted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pągines
...French, and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiftion, and fubjedts of fancy ; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits...to which the mind is reconciled only by a paflive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters ; he delighted to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pągines
...Italian, French, and Spanifh languages. He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fi&ion, and fubje&s of fancy; and, by indulging fome peculiar habits of...nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a paffive acquiefcence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monfters; 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... 
