 | John Bell - 1791 - 546 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens. This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius, the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysiari gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1802 - 686 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens." Perhaps the preceding quotation is more characteristic of Johnson's style, than of Collins's disposition... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 168 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. "This was, however, the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantmenr, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantaient, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius: the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. " This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the grandeur of wildness,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pagina’s
...fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Rlysian gardens. "This was however the character rather of his inclination than his genius ; the gran,... | |
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He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens. 
