 | John Milton - 1826
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superiour Beings, to trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. But he could not... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 351 páginas
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery into worlds...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could not always be in other worlds; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | 1835
...exemplified in the astonishing production before us ? " Reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery into worlds...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven." As somewhat allied to the character of his subjects, if not to the character of his mind,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1835
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnisb sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838
...censure of extravagance He sent his faculties out upon discovery into worlds where only imagination could travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superiour beings ; to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven." And afterwards... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838
...which he might tire his fancy faculties out upon discovery into worlds where only imagination could travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action tosuperiour beings ; to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven." without the... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1838
...travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superiour beings ; to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven." And afterwards ; " Of his moral sentiments, it is hardly praise to affirm that they excel... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 502 páginas
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene loo narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. But be could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
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To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy. Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery,... 
