 | Samuel Johnson - 1840
...worlds whore only imagination can travel, and delighî1 il to form new modes of existence, and furniib sentiment and action to superior beings ; to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could not be always in other wor'di ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and lr!lo( things... | |
 | John Milton - 1842 - 767 páginas
...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 this is far above the general tone of his criticisms ; and is half undone again by a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843
...possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discoverv, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and...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, Arthur Murphy - 1846
...narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination ran travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence,...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he conld not be always in other worlds , he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | John Milton - 1852
...was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery iuto worlds where ouly imagination can travel, and delighted to form new...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 767 páginas
...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 this is far above the general tone of his criticisms ; and is half undone again by a passage... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854
...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, aud tell of things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854
...was_a_scene too narrow Tor" Itis mind: "He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds wnere only imagination can travel, and delighted to form...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heavea But he could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 748 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 this is far above the general tone of his criticisms ; and is half undone again by a passage... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856
...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." 1 "We often hear of the magical influence of poetry. The expression in general means nothing,... | |
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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,... 
