 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 - 1814 - 532 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,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in testacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 514 pages
...Cwsar, 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 brain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 492 pages
...Cccsar, 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 brain... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...Ca'sar, 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 circumspections of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstacy should... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 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 empyrean poetiy may despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason, why a mind thus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...Czsar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Uranicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason...from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the circumscription of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstacy should... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...C<esar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsatia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason, or of the truth, and from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...Cœsar.that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia,or the bank of О run i cus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth, and from the heights of empyrean p< etry, may despise the circumspections of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 450 pages
...Csesar, 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 brain... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 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,...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,... | |
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