Fancy Quotes - Page 8
Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?
Mary Wollstonecraft (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (Illustrated)”, p.398, Delphi Classics
Lewis Carroll (2014). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.10, Pan Macmillan
A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.
John Milton (1872). “Autobiography of John Milton: Or, Milton's Life in His Own Words”, p.78
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.76
Jean Cocteau (1966). “The Holy Terrors (Les Enfants Terribles)”, p.84, New Directions Publishing
The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.
James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”
Isaac Barrow (1818). “The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow”, p.306
Horace (1928). “Horace on the Art of Poetry: Latin Text, English Prose Translation, Introduction and Notes, Together with Ben Jonson's English Verse Rendering”
"Letters on the Study and Use of History". Book by Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Letter 4, 1752.
People are approaching electronic levels in music; although not all of it happens to tickle my fancy
Extracts from the Virginia Charters written by George Mason, July 1773.