Delusion, if delusion be admitted, has no certain limitation. If the spectator can be once persuaded that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in... The classical movement in French literature - Page 52by Hugh Fraser Stewart - 1923 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, tyjJsMii a sta,te,pf elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth,...from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the circumspections of terrestrial nature. There is no reason \\ hy a mind, thus wandering in ecstacy,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the YOL. II. K circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of -Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach; of reason, or of truth, and from the heights of empy-' rean poetry, may despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...Cesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, ov the bank of Granictat, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brain that can make the stage a field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles ia the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in eestacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...Cxsar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in eestacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...Cuesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture oT the brain... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...Cxsar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 504 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles, is the plain of Pharsalia, or the banks of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason...despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial nature." Dr. Aikin, in the Manchester Philosophical Transactions, vol. iv. part l, has ably ami elegantly combated... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
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