 There are few words in the English language which are employed in a more loose and uncircumscribed sense than those of the fancy and the imagination. I therefore thought it necessary to fix and determine the notion of these two words, as I intend to make...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Side 129af James Ferguson - 1819Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 sider
...thousand, that might be brought to show where this is the case. I must therefore desire the reader to remember that, by the pleasures of the imagination,...only such pleasures as arise originally from sight. Spect. N° 411. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and, by that means, preserves his distance... | |
 | 1803 - 420 sider
...imagination. I therefore thought it necessary to fix and determine the notion of these two words, as I intend to make use of them in the thread of my following...reader may conceive rightly what is the subject which T proceed upon. I must therefore desire him to remember, that by ' the pleasures of the imagination,'... | |
 | 1804 - 412 sider
...imagination.' I therefore thought it necessary to fix and determine ihft notion of these two words, as I intend to make use of them in the thread of my following specnlations, thatthe reader may conceive rightly what is the subject which I proceed upon. I must... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 sider
...of the adverb only. It should have been, " Theism can be opposed only to polytheism or atheism." " By the pleasures of the imagination, I mean only such pleasures as arise originally from sight." When it is said, " / mean only such pleasures." it may be remarked, that the adverb only is not properly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 346 sider
...imagination. I therefore thought it necessary to fix and determine the notion of these two words, as I intend to make use of them in the thread of my following...desire him to remember, that by ' the pleasures of the im iniuation,' I mean only such pleasures as arise originally from sight, and that I divide these pleasures... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 sider
...Imagination." " I therefore thought it necessary to fix and determine the *' notion of these two words, as I intend to make use of them *' in the thread of my following speculations, that the read** er may conceive rightly what is the subject which I proceed " upon." Though fx and determine... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1807 - 290 sider
...of the adverb only. It should have bt-en, " Theism can be opposed only to polytheism or alb^istn." " By the pleasures of the imagination, I mean only such pleasures as arise originally from sigh?-" When it is said, " / mean only such pleasures," it may be remarked, that the adverb only is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 sider
...uncircumscribed sense, than those of the fancy and the imagination. I intend to make use of these words in the thread of my following speculations, that the reader may conceive rightly what is the subject upon which I proceed. Commend me to an argument that, like a flail, there is no fence against it. How... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 sider
...imagination." / therefore thought it necessary tojix and determine the notion of these two words, as I intend to make use of them in the thread of my following speculations, that the readermay conceive rightly what is the subject which I proceed upon. - The words JLr and determine,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 178 sider
...employed in a more loose and unciri uroscribed sense, than those of ihe fancy and the imagination. my following speculations, that the reader may conceive rightly what is the subject upon which I proceed. C.>:nm,m>l me to ail argument that, like a flail, there 5s no fence against it.... | |
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