 | Samuel Johnson - 1806
...poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out upon difcovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of exiftence, and furnifh fentiment and action to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of Hell, or accompany... | |
 | John Milton - 1807
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrov for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existrnce, and furnish sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807
...too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where imagination only can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superiour beings ; to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven.' Milton's character... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809
...poffibility; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out upon difcovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel; and delighted to form new modes of exiftence, and furnifh fentiment and aftion to fuperiour Beings, to trace the counfels of Hell, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. But he could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...delight was to sport in the vide regions of possibility; reality was a seine too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. Bat he could not be always in other worlds, he must sometimes revisit Earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility ; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could not be always in other worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...possibility; reality was a Scene too narrow for his mind. He sent Us faculties out Upon discovery, info worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted...trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. But he could not be always in other worlds, he most sometimes retisit Earth, and tell of things... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...delight was to sport in tie wide regions of possibility; reality was a scsno too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds...and delighted to form new modes of existence, and fnrnish sentiment and action to su. perior beings, to trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...his mind. He sent lis faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can tra?cl, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to su. perior beings, to trace the counsels of Hell, or accompany the choirs of Heaven. But he could not... | |
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To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy. Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery,... 
