 | 1729 - 320 pages
...of the Imagination or Fancy (which I mail ufe promifcuoufly) I here mean luch as arife from vifible Objects, either when we have them actually in our View, or when we c.'.ll up their Ideas in our Minds by Paintings, Statues, Defcriptions, or any the like Occafion. We... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...of writing) do not a little encourage me in the prosecution of this my undertaking. Sped. N° 124. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with...promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects. Ibid. N° 411. We sometimes meet, in books very respectably printed, with the parenthesis marked where... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 416 pages
...Imagination or Fancy, " (which I fhall ufe promifcuoufly) I here mean fuch as arife, ** from vifible objecls, either when we have them actually in '* our view ; or when we call up their ideas into our minds *' by paintings, ftatues, defcriptions, or any the like occafion." In... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. It is this sense that furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that...we have them actually in our view, or when we call up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion. We cannot... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our' reach some of the most remote parts of the universe It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with...we have them actually in our view, or when, we call up their ideas into our minds by painting, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion. We cannot... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the umverse. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with...promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects, cither when we have them them actually in our view, or when we call up therr ideas into our minds by... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...this former services;" it should have been, "greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," &c. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which, would have made it correct: "... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...would appear to be limited to objects• of sight." " It is the sense of sight," says Mr. Addison, " which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by the pleasures of imagination, I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in view,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...imagination would appear to be limited to objects of sight." " It is the sense of sight," says Mr. Addison, " which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by the pleasures of imagination, I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in view,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...a faulty monotony. But the interposition of another sentence between them, prevents this effect. " It is this sense .which furnishes the imagination...have them actually in *' our view ; or when we call up their ideas into our minds ** by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion." In... | |
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It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by ' the pleasures of the imagination,' or ' fancy' (which I shall use promiscuously), I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in our view,... 
