 | Noah Porter - 1883 - 714 pages
...the poet is, by the very appellation, recognized as a creator of beings that have not existed before. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are nf imagination alt compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can holdThat is the madman : the... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1887 - 418 pages
..." As the remembrance of an idle gawd, ' Which in my childhood I did dote upon " ; — and things " More strange than true: I never may believe These...cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, aud the poet, Are of imagination all compact " : — Act V. Sc. 1. like a child ; for Cupid " is described... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 532 pages
...speak of. TVie. More strange than true: I never may2 believe i Heart!, ie good fellows. » lfay = can. These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers...comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact:3 One sees more devils than vast hell can hold. That is, the madman:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 478 pages
...Apartment in the Palace of THESEUS. Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTHATE, Lords, and Attendants. Hip. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The....fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brain." ' Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1888 - 522 pages
...these lovers speak of. The. More strange than true: I never may2 believe i Hearti, ie good fellows. These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers...ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the ]>oet Are of imagination all compact:3 One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That is, the madman:... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1890 - 582 pages
...precisely that explanation of the whole matter which we have been attempting to make out in detail : — ' More strange than true : I never may believe These...apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. * * * • * Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends... | |
 | 1890 - 984 pages
...— "'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers tell of," says Hippolyta ; and he replies : — " More strange than true, I never may believe These...apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. * * * * * Such tricks has strong imagination, That if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1890 - 590 pages
...precisely that explanation of the whole matter which we have been attempting to make out in detail : — ' More strange than true : I never may believe These...apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. » » » » » Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1891 - 184 pages
...Apartment in the Palace ^/"THESEUS. Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, Lords, and Attendants. Hip. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. The....these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,1 Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1894 - 218 pages
...PHILOSTRATE, Lords, and Attendants. Hippolyta. 'T is strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. Theseus. More strange than true : I never may believe These...poet Are of imagination all compact : One sees more deviis than vast hell can hold, That is, the madman : the lover, all as frantic, w Sees Helen's beauty... | |
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More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. 
