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" We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision... "
The Poetic Mind - Page 139
by Frederick Clarke Prescott - 1922 - 308 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1729 - 320 pages
...any the like Occafion. We cannot indeed have a fingle Image in the Fancy that did not make its fuft Entrance through the Sight; but we have the Power of retaining, altering and compounding thofe Images,which We have once received, into all the varieties of Picture and Vifion that are moft...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1739 - 332 pages
...We uumot indeed Imvc u finglc Image in the Fancy that did not mnkc its fir 11 \>',ntr.ince tluough the Sight ) but we have the Power of retaining, altering and compounding tliofe Images, which we have once received, into all the Varieties of Picture and Vifion that are moft...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - 1793 - 518 pages
...entrance '* through the fight ; but we have the power of -* retaining, altering, and compounding thofc f images which we have once received, into all the " varieties of picture and vifioi. that are moft *.' agreeable to the imagination ; for, by this fa" culty, a man in a dungeon...
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Select British Classics, Volume 16

1803 - 376 pages
...we call up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion. We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy...vision that are most agreeable to the imagination ; for by this faculty a man in a dungeon is capable of entertaining himself with scenes and landskips...
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NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP

1804 - 412 pages
...we call up therr ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion. We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy...vision that are most agreeable to the imagination : for by this faculty a man in a dungeon is capable of entertaining himself with scenes and landskips...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...we call up their ideas into our minds by painting, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion. We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy...vision that are most agreeable to the imagination ; for by this faculty a man in a dungeon is capable of entertaining himself with scenes and landscapes...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...call up their ideas into our minds, by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasions. We cannot, indeed, have a single image in the fancy,...did not make its first entrance through the sight." Agreeably to the same view of the subject, Dr. Reid observes, that " Imagination properly signifies*...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...call up their ideas into our minds, by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasions. We cannot, indeed, have a single image in the fancy,...did not make its first entrance through the sight." Agreeably to the same view of the subject, Dr. Reid observes, that " Imagination properly signifies...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...call up their ideas into our minds, by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasions. We cannot, indeed, have a single image in the fancy, that did not make its first entrance through the sight.1' Agreeably to the same view of the subject, Dr. Reid observes, that " Imagination properly...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...should have been used instead of the possessive ihdr l viz. " and whoie right hand is full of gifts." " We have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding,...those images which we have once received, into all die varieties of picture and vision." It is very proper to say, " altering and compounding those images...
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