 | 1791 - 172 pagine
...loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to...waterfalls of Elysian gardens. This was however the charafter rather of his inclination than his genius, the grandeur of wildness, and the novelty of extravagance,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagine
...loved fairies, genii, giants and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence 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 pagine
...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pagine
...traditions. He 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 thft water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pagine
...traditions. He 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pagine
...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted te 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 540 pagine
...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden...however, the character rather of his inclination than hi* genius; the grandeur of wildness, and the novelty of extravagance, were always desired by him,... | |
 | 1813 - 536 pagine
...traditions. He 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 Eiysian gardens. This was, however, the character rather of his inclination than his genius; the grandeur... | |
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 544 pagine
...traditions. He 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 waterfalls of Elysian gardens.' It will be observed, that frequent mention is made of the poets. In an inquiry into the origin and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 476 pagine
...traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden...to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens*" The Saron of Triermain. — P. 11. 1. 2. Triermain was a fief of the Barony of Gilsland, in Cumberland... | |
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He 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. 
