 Delusion, if delusion be admitted, has no certain limitation. If the spectator can be once persuaded that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he is in...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Seite 79von Samuel Johnson - 1816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 Seiten
...Acquaintance are Alexander and Cafar, that a Room illuminated with Candles is the Plain of Pharfalia, or the Bank of Granicus, he is in a State of Elevation above the Reach of Reafon, or of Truth, and from the Heights of empyrean Poetry may defpife the Circumfcriptions of terreftrial... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 Seiten
...limitation ; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, tyjJsMii a sta,te,pf elevation above the reach of reason, or of truth, and from the heights of empyrean... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 Seiten
...limitation ; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 Seiten
...limitation ; if the spectator can bp once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Cxsar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 Seiten
...and Ccesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalio, or the bank of Granicm, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 Seiten
...limitation; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...from the heights of empyrean poetry, may despise the YOL. II. K circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 Seiten
...limitation ; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...reach; of reason, or of truth, and from the heights of empy-' rean poetry, may despise the circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. There is no reason why... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 Seiten
...limitation; if the spectator can be once persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Cxsar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in eestacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 Seiten
...persuaded, that his old acquaintance are Alexander and Caesar, that a room illuminated with candles ia the plain of Pharsalia, or the bank of Granicus, he...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in eestacy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 Seiten
...and Cesar, that a room illuminated with candles is the plain of Pharsalia, ov the bank of Granictat, he is in a state of elevation above the reach of reason,...nature. There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brain... | |
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