 In short, our souls are at present delightfully lost and bewildered in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods, and meadows, and at the same time hears the warbling of birds and the...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 112by Hugh Blair - 1811 - 838 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 712 pages
...not choose te «ay, wert it not to. — H. warbling of birds, and the purling of streams ; but ujion the finishing of some secret spell, the, fantastic...himself on a barren heath, or in a solitary desert. It is not improbable that something like this may be the state of the soul after its first separation,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1889 - 556 pages
...castles, 1 Not it to, is hardly to be pronounced. I wonder he did not choose to Bay, were it not to. woods, and meadows ; and at the same time hears the warbling of birds, and the purling of streams ; hut upon the finishing of some secret spell, the fantastic scene breaks up, and the disconsolate... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 316 pages
...in a pleasing Delusion, and we walk about like the Enchanted Hero in a Romance, who sees beautiful Castles, Woods and Meadows? and at the same time hears...of Birds, and the purling of Streams; but upon the finish' ing of some secret Spell, the fantastick Scene breaks up, and the disconsolate Knight finds... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 320 pages
...in a pleasing Delusion, and we walk about like the Enchanted Hero in a Romance, who sees beautiful Castles, Woods and Meadows; and at the same time hears...of Birds, and the purling of Streams; but upon the finish-' ing of some secret Spell, the fantastick Scene breaks up, and the disconsolate Knight finds... | |
 | Edward Young - Authorship - 1917 - 150 pages
...in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods, and meadows; and at the same time...himself on a barren heath, or in a solitary desert. Addison, Spect. No. 413. 1674: Imagining is, in itself, the very height and life of poetry. It is,... | |
 | Edward Young - Authorship - 1917 - 140 pages
...in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods, and meadows; and at the same time...himself on a barren heath, or in a solitary desert. Addison, Sped. No. 413. 1674: Imagining is, in itself, the very height and life of poetry. It is, as... | |
 | Owen Barfield - English language - 1926 - 238 pages
...in a pleasing Delusion, and we walk about like the inchanted Hero of a Romance, who sees beautiful Castles, Woods and Meadows ; and at the same time...finds himself on a barren Heath, or in a solitary Desart. The tendency among critics to use this sort of imagery, or words suggestive of it, when writing... | |
 | John Oldmixon, Mr. Oldmixon (John) - Criticism - 488 pages
...like the enchanted Heroe of a Romance, who fees beautiful Cafties, Woods, and Meadows, and at the fame Time hears the Warbling of Birds, and the Purling of Streams ; but upon the finifhing of fome feeret Spell, the fantaftick Scene breaks up, and the difeonfo4ate Knight finds himfelf... | |
 | H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 978 pages
...in a pleasing Delusion, and we walk about like the Enchanted Hero of a Romance, who sees beautiful Castles, Woods and Meadows; and at the same time hears...Streams; but upon the finishing of some secret Spell, the fantastick Scene breaks up, and the disconsolate Knight finds himself on a barren Heath, or in a solitary... | |
 | John B. Bender, David E. Wellbery - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1990 - 260 pages
...and bewildered in a pleasing delusion; and we walk about, like the enchanted hero of a romance. . . . But, upon the finishing of some secret spell, the...himself on a barren heath, or in a solitary desert" (Spectator 413, quoted in Blair, Lectures, 1 : 290). What is here cited by Blair as a masterful use... | |
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