 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
 | James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1891 - 728 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...illuminated with candles is ttie plain of Pharsalia or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of eleva20 tion above the reach of reason or of truth, and from the...hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brain that 25 can make the stage a field. The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses,... | |
 | Beverley Ellison Warner - Drama - 1906 - 328 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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he iso is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason IBB why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century... | |
 | Stendhal - Romanticism - 1907 - 258 pages
...Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of (iraniens, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...from the heights of empyrean poetry may despise the circumspection of terrestrial nature. . . . The truth is that the spectators are always in theis senses,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 254 pages
...Ccesar, 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,...terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind tKus wandering in extacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture... | |
 | Doris Gunnell - Comparative literature - 1909 - 346 pages
...Csesar, that a room illuminated with candies 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 circiimscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in extasy should... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...Cassar, 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,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 752 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,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 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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