Date: 1792
The Roman senators did "Not shew the mental portraiture itself, / By gradual art, thro' fancy's calmer light. / Pure passion dwells not on description's hues"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1792
"Beyond the woody Tamar, fancy trac'd; / And, as she spread the glowing tint, it seem'd / No fairy picture: for young hope reliev'd / With golden rays each figure fancy drew"
preview | full record— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)
Date: 1794
"If our recollection or imagination be not a repetition of animal movements, I ask, in my turn, What is it? You tell me it consists of images or pictures of things. Where is this extensive canvas hung up? or where are the numerous receptacles in which those are deposited? or to what else in the a...
preview | full record— Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
Date: 1794
"Now in strong lines, with bolder tints design'd, / You sketch ideas, and portray the mind."
preview | full record— Bilsborrow, Dewhurst (fl. 1794)
Date: 1796
"By Locke, true WIT is best defin'd, / Her pleasant pictures lure the mind; / Associations sudden rise, / And seize the fancy by surprise."
preview | full record— Courtenay, John Lees (1775?-1794)
Date: 1796
"At the same time the cloud disappeared, and he beheld a figure more beautiful than fancy's pencil ever drew."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: w. 1766, 1797
"The future whole infix upon thy mind; / Be there each line in truth ideal drawn"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)