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" Milton's delight was to sport in the wide regions of possibility; reality was a scene too narrow for his mind. He sent his faculties out upon discovery into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence and furnish... "
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ... - Page 246
by Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 503 pages
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The Annual Register, Volume 22

History - 1796 - 690 pages
...fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a Tcene too narrow for his mind. He fent hit faculties out upon difcovery, into worlds where only...imagination can. travel, and delighted to form new modes of cxiftence, and furnilh fentiment and aftion to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell, or accompany...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 47

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1779 - 510 pages
...the fancy. Milton's delight was to fport in the .wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out...imagination can travel ; and delighted to form new modes of exillence, and furnifli fentiment and aftion to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell, or...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 302 pages
...than the fancy. Milton's delight was to fport in the wade regions of poffibility; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fe.nt his faculties out...imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes x>f exiftence, and furnifh fentiment and action to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell,...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...to fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He Cent his faculties out upon difcovery, into worlds where...new modes .of exiftence, and furnifh fentiment and sftion to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...than the fancy. Mikoii'a delight was to fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow, for his mind. He fent his faculties out...imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of exifience, and furnith fcntirhent and .-¡ilion to foperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell,...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal, Volume 61

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...than the fancy. Milton's delight was to fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow, for his mind. He fent his faculties out...imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of exiflence, and furnifh fcntiment and adion to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell, or accompany...
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Annual Register, Volume 22

Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...the fancy. Milton's delight was te . fport in the wide regions of poflibility; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out...only imagination can travel, and delighted to form newr modes of exigence, and furnifli fen timen t and aílion to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 61

Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...poflibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out upon difcovcry, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of exillence, and furnilh fentiment and action to fuperior beings, to trace the counfels of hell, or accompany...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...than the fancy. Milton's delight was to fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcenc too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out...and furnifh fentiment and action to fuperior beings, ro trace the counfels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven. But he could nor be always in other...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...than the fancy. Milton's delight was to fport in the wide regions of poffibility ; reality was a fcene too narrow for his mind. He fent his faculties out upon difcovery, into worlds tvhere only imagination can travel, and delighted to form- new modes of exiflence, and furnifh fentiment...
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