 more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads itself over an infinite multitude of bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination...  The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 107by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1801 - 424 pages
...of writing) do not a little encourage me in the prosecution of this my undertaking. Sped. N° 124. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with...pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects. Ibid. N° 411. We sometimes meet, in... | |
 | 1803 - 436 pages
...particularobjects. Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads...imagination with its ideas; so that by 'the pleasures of the imagination,'or ' fancy' (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean such as arise from visible objects,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...be considered as a more delicate and diffusivi kind of touch, that spreads itself over \n infiniti multitude of bodies, comprehends the largest figures and brings into our reach some of the most remoti parts of the universe. It is this sense that furnishes the imagination wit! its ideas ; so that... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...particular objects. Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads...into our reach some of the most remote parts of the umverse. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas; so that by the pleasures... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...would appear to be limited to objects, of sight." " It is the sense of sight," says Mr. Addison, " which furnishes the imagination with its ideas; so that by the pleasures of imagination, I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in view,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...<his former services;" it should have been, "greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," Sec. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...his former services;" it should have been, "greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," &cc. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...simply, its objects. " Our sight seems designed to supply all these defects, and " may be considered as a more delicate and diffusive kind of " touch, that..." some of the most remote parts of the universe." Here again the author's Style returns upon us in all its beauty. This is a sentence distinct, graceful,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...his former services ;" it should have been " greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," &c. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which would... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 348 pages
...his former services;" it should have been, ' " greatly increased the merit of his former services." " By the pleasures of the imagination or fancy (which I shall use promiscuously) I here mean," &C. This passage ought to have had the word " terms" supplied, which,... | |
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