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 Works of Samuel Johnson - Страница 79по Samuel Johnson - 1816Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Nathan Drake - 1811 - 504 страници
...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 banks of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason or of truth, and, from the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 страници
...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 banks of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth, and from the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 страници
...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 banks of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth, and from the... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 страници
...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...nature. There is no reason, why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock; or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 страници
...limitation ; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Ca'sar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...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 - 1816 - 624 страници
...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...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 страници
...limitation; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and 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 or of truth, and from the heights... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 страници
...acquaintance are Alexander and 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 страници
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 страници
...acquaint ance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Fharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in a state of elevation...reason or of truth, and from the heights of empyrean poeta^-. may despise the circumscription of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus... | |
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