Imagination. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Imagination


Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour-splendours of that festive place; The white-wash’d wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish’d clock that click’d behind the door: The chest contriv’d a double debt to pay— A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. Goldsmith.—Deserted Village, Line 225.	1
You are oblig’d to your imagination for more than three-fourths of your importance. Garrick.—Lethe.	2
The right honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Sheridan.—Speech in reply to Dundas.	3
His wit shines at the expense of his memory. Le Sage.—Gil Blas, Book III. Chap. XI.	4