 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 страници
...consider how many waves are rolling between me and Strcatham. The nse of travelling is to regnlate imagination by. reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. Here are monntains which I shonld once have climbed, bnt to climb steeps is now very laborions, and to descend... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 860 страници
...rabbits; nor have I seen any thing that interested me as a zoologist, except an otter, bigger than I thought an otter could have been. You are perhaps...reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to gee them as they are. Here are mountains which I should once have climbed ; but to climb steeps "is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 страници
...from which I look upon the water, and consider how many waves are rolling between me and Streutham. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and, instead of thinking how things mav be, to see them as they are. Here are mountains which I should once have climbed ; but to climb... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 страници
...•;• •!• i .,, -)v»w :»-w " The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, aju] instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they art-. Here are mountains which I should once have climbed ; but to climb steeps is now very laborious,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 страници
...them; the acute see a little, and supply the rest with fancy and conjecture. 154. Use of Travelling. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. 155. Principles. Principles can only be strong by the strength of understanding, or the cogency of... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 страници
...them ; the acute see a little, and supply the rest with fancy and conjecture. 154. Use of Travelling. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. 155. Principles. Principles can only be strong by the strength of understanding, or the cogency of... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 страници
...them; the acute see a little, and supply the rest with fancy and conjecture. 154. Use of Travelling. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. 155. Principles. Principles can only be strong by the strength of understanding, or the cogency of... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 страници
...them; the acute see a little, and supply the rest with fancy and conjecture. 154. Use of Travelling. The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. 155. Principles. Principles can only be strong by the strength of understanding, or the cogency of... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 страници
...rejouis, qu'a etre goutés et applaudis; et le plaisir le plus delicat est de faire celui d'autrui.* The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. * The merit of Shakspeare is such as the ignorant can take in, and the learned add nothing to. 6 Discretion... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1845 - 618 страници
...stranger manners; but this time it is with a traveller who has abided by Lord Bacon's injunction, that " the use of travelling is to regulate imagination by...reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, see them as they are." Hence we have not so many crimson banners waving from the battlements, beautiful... | |
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. 
