| 单词 | imaginary being |
| 例句 | Even writing out the she saids, the and them, made her wince, and she felt foolish, appearing to know about the emotions of an imaginary being. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Whatever their cause, he says, hallucinatory experiences “generate a world of imaginary beings and abodes — heaven, hell, fairyland.” Books of The Times: ‘Hallucinations,’ by Oliver Sacks 2012-11-26T22:26:01Z In creating a character, or painting an imaginary being, the artist may well ask a question we often ask ourselves: What completes us? Review | An artist who summons black faces and bodies at ease in the world 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Through this display of biology-inspired imaginary beings, “I am trying to promote the message of a necessary change in our attitude toward the wonder of life,” he said. Art Rooted in Nature Blooms at TEFAF 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Huge paintings seethed with gaggles of girls, animals, monsters and other imaginary beings; this artist was moving beyond the appearance of things into another zone of feeling and knowledge. Paula Rego: my hero 2012-08-24T21:45:09Z They are imaginary beings, but “you have the sensation that you know that animal,” says Josep Subirós, a Spanish writer and philosopher who curated the exhibition and who is a longtime admirer of Alexander’s work. | Jane Alexander 2013-04-19T13:00:31Z In 1980s Nigeria, a new form of masquerade called Ogele emerged, in which men wore top-heavy tiered wooden masks carved and painted to represent both real people and imaginary beings. ‘Disguise: Masks and Global African Art,’ Where Tradition Meets Avant-Garde 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “It pairs the dead with the living, real with imaginary beings, dreams with history.” ‘The Super 8 Years’ Review: Annie Ernaux’s Celluloid Souvenirs 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z My figures are imaginary beings, coming from an image in my mind that I’m transcribing. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Its movement is at the cusp of acrobatics and dance, with extraordinary feats of partnering and cooperation; much of its imagery is biological, often microscopic, and frequently mutates into the realm of imaginary beings. Dance Review: Pilobolus Puts 4 Decades of Dance on Display 2013-07-10T21:43:59Z They depict a range of animals, plants, imaginary beings and geometric figures. Gruesome discovery reveals how the Inca used severed heads as a display of power 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Each page sports a unique drawing of an imaginary being by a child. The Next 'Skylanders' Is Way More Imaginative Than Anybody Realizes 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z This imaginary being is referred to as a "philosophical zombie", or a "p-zombie." A True and Complete Account of the Neuroscience of Zombies 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z For these atheists, putting your trust in such an imaginary being is the essence of childishness. The child-like faith in reason 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z In the early ages of the world, when knowledge chiefly depends upon tradition, it is natural for mankind to people the universe with a thousand imaginary beings. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z We create an imaginary being, we speak to it, and in its replies it almost always reflects the mentality of the experimenters. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Miss Dugdale describes Lucy's garden from month to month, the plants that grow there, the insects that visit it, and the imaginary beings with which Lucy peoples it. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The Egyptians pay a superstitious reverence not to imaginary beings alone: they extend it to certain individuals of their own species; and often to those who are justly the least entitled to such respect. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z But there is one true form of religious art, nevertheless, in the pictures of the passionate ideal which represent imaginary beings of another world. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z He made man badly, but governed him worse; if the Jehovah of the Old Testament was not merely an imaginary being, then, according to Mr. Ingersoll, he was a prejudiced, barbarous, criminal tyrant. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z In dreams we all converse every night with imaginary beings. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The religious superstition consists in affirming that sacrifices, even of human lives, must be offered to this imaginary being, and that they can and ought to be enforced by every means, even by violence. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z At Dusseldorf she began to write "The First Violin," weaving into the scenes which passed every day before her eyes a series of imaginary adventures of imaginary beings. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z I assert that their tutelary saints—Adam, Abraham, David, Moses, Solomon, and the prophets, are imaginary beings, or, where real, were not as worthy as they are supposed to have been. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z From Childe Harold I gained a very ill impression of him, because I conceived it was himself,—notwithstanding the pains he took to tell us it was an imaginary being. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z To me the Maid of Athens was almost an imaginary being, something fanciful, a creation of the brain, and not a corporeal substance, to have a little urchin of a boy. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z It consists in affirming that, besides the duties of man to man, there are still more important duties towards an imaginary being,—which the theologians call God, and the political scientists the State. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z It shuddered with fear on hearing the shepherd mention the kûta, for having never heard of the existence of kûtas, it mistook this imaginary being to be something superior in strength to itself. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Such men not only see imaginary beings, but they hear conversations or speeches which have no reality in them. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A fairy that comes out of a flower, is an imaginary being that will never disturb the dreams or deceive the intellect of a child. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z We now may inscribe as an historical fact in the voluminous annals of human folly, from which, however, we have hardly yet wholly escaped, imaginary beings, and incantation of spirits, and all spectral apparitions. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Many tribes of imaginary beings compose his train. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The Mary in this poem is an imaginary being. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Owing to this notion, it was seldom visited by Indians, who attribute to these imaginary beings a mischievous agency. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z At the period of our story, however, these imaginary beings held a prominent place in the minds of our rural populations. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z I learned that Nabin's loved one was not an imaginary being. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The Laced�monians indeed, regarded her, not as an existing, but as an imaginary being. Heathen Mythology The devil is an imaginary being, invented by primitive man to account for the existence of evil, and relieve God of his responsibility. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The necessity of loving and being loved was never felt by the imaginary beings of Rousseau and Byron’s creation, more imperiously than by myself. Threads of Grey and Gold We have been purely imaginary beings living in physical bodies for just men. The Co-Citizens But, in reality, it is not the aggressive Secularist or Atheist who fights these imaginary beings. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) After all, it had been an hallucination; he had been as mad as Marion in her delirium; he had peopled the storm with imaginary beings, had given the wind a voice it did not know. The Heart of Thunder Mountain A world of imaginary beings has thus been created behind the historical facts, and has replaced Providence in the explanation of them. Introduction to the Study of History Her eyes, I saw, were fixed; and she moved her arms, as if she were addressing some imaginary being. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI The aged Katrina, the masculine Willie, and other imaginary beings were tried and rejected; principally, no doubt, because her thirteen-year-old imagination was unequal to the task of investing them with satisfactory attributes. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters We now assume that the idea of a God is but the thought of an imaginary being. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 There is no actuality in much of what is asserted as to the sun or as to the wholly imaginary being associated with it. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture He went to nature for inspiration even when he carved imaginary beings, and copied her, in fragments perhaps, but with a loyal and vigorous sincerity. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 He denominates the man in the moon "an imaginary being, the subject of perhaps one of the most ancient, as well as one of the most popular, superstitions of the world." Moon Lore A third convenient division of the names of things may be into the names of intire things, whether of real or imaginary being; these are the nouns substantive of grammars. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Their names will be in every one's mouth, and the lives of many generations will be enriched by the vision, one might almost say by the friendship, of these imaginary beings. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The second operation of the mind, inseparable, as we have said, from the first, attributes to these imaginary beings various qualities, but all important to man. Essay on the Creative Imagination "To no other but an imaginary being," says Moore, "could he have addressed such tender and melancholy poetical lines." My Recollections of Lord Byron They worshipped an imaginary being who had created and possessed absolute control of everything. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch I find this imaginary being introduced on all occasions, and invested with attributes of personality, which may be extremely apt to make a false impression on young or thoughtless minds. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. Consider mythology, Monsieur Goubin, and you will perceive that they are not real beings but imaginary beings that exercise the most profound and lasting influence on the mind. Putois 1907 And we must extend the corresponding application of the same principles of treatment to imaginary beings and heraldic monsters, as they occur in our Heraldry. The Handbook to English Heraldry For Byron's noble, simple, and sublime person was therefore substituted an imaginary being, formed out of these prejudices and these contradictory elements, too outrageous even to be believed, and by dint of sheer malice. My Recollections of Lord Byron That most mythical of all imaginary beings is certainly quite unique; she is strictly, as one may say, sui generis in the whole world of fiction. Charles Dickens as a Reader But this is absurd; for we can think of such admittedly imaginary beings as Scylla and Chimaera, and multitudes of others. A Short History of Greek Philosophy It is a greasy substance, of an agreeable smell, and, I suppose, ascribed to the benign part of those imaginary beings. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales For the Draco was an imaginary being, however afterwards accepted and understood. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) God is a word used to designate an imaginary being which people of themselves have devised. The Red Conspiracy Four of the imaginary beings of the novel were introduced, or, it should rather be said, were severally produced before us as actual embodiments. Charles Dickens as a Reader Now, I'll admit their statements about my appearing to be in conversation with some invisible or imaginary being. Dearest Another imaginary being, closely allied to the Fairy family, was the Pwka. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales These thoughts are grouped into an imaginary being, whose sum of attributes are then ignorantly both associated with the idea of the unknown cause and confounded with the visible effect. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Thus our own sense-awareness with its extended present has some of the character of the sense-awareness of the imaginary being whose mind was free from passage and who contemplated all nature as an immediate fact. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Bossum, are imaginary beings, guardians and so forth, worshipped by the people and called 'fetishes' by Europeans. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative How could you shut out that gorgeous sunset, turn from all the pure and heavenly feelings such scenes must awaken, to sympathize with imaginary beings and descriptions? Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 To be p. 72now and then in Fairyland, among imaginary beings, is a pleasing variety, and helps to distinguish the poet from the orator or historian, but to be always there is irksome. Dialogues of the Dead Can men differently organized and modified by diverse circumstances, agree in regard to an imaginary being which exists but in their own brains? Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense Our own present has its antecedents and its consequents, and for the imaginary being all nature has its antecedent and its consequent durations. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 It is such a look as might belong to that imaginary being of the Greek mythology, the faun, half beast, half human. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation I wonder," said I, "that some of Dr. Strauss's countrymen have not proved him to be an imaginary being,—a myth. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic That sensibility which weeps over imaginary woes of imaginary beings, calls forth but imaginary sympathy. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies They filled the earth, air, and sea with imaginary beings who had power over the elements and affected the lives of men. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Thus the only difference in this respect between us and the imaginary being is that for him all nature shares in the immediacy of our present duration. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 There is, to be sure, an imaginary being more or less discussed by those interested in philosophy, a creature called the Solipsist, who is credited with this doctrine. An Introduction to Philosophy The stories about these imaginary beings have always had a fascinating interest. Among the Forces If a boundlessly compassionate Amida is thought out, it is an imaginary being. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji Knights and ladies took upon themselves adventures and cultivated manners, which vied in extravagance with those of imaginary beings. A History of English Prose Fiction The hero speaks of the love between himself and the imaginary being whose spirit haunts him as having been the deadliest sin, and one that has, perhaps, caused her eternal destruction. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time He still continued to point and to cry out, and to address some imaginary being whom he declared was wandering amongst the tombs. The Sign of the Red Cross The whole world for me in my early childhood was peopled with imaginary beings. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion In Persic, the term Peri expresses a species of imaginary being, which resembles the Fairy in some of its qualities, and is one of the fairest creatures of romantic fancy. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition We may also mention his "Iskonsítel"—"the Tempter"—a fantastic story, in which an imaginary being is represented as mingling with and influencing the affairs of real life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Gnomes, a set of imaginary beings misshapen in form and of diminutive size, viewed as inhabiting the interior of the earth and presiding over its secret treasures. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Anna, you must be everything that is pure and good, through to the very depths of your heart, that mine may not ache in finding it has loved only an imaginary being. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss I hope I have said enough in the previous chapter to exorcise permanently from ancient American history these purely imaginary beings. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Almost every season a solitary quail visits us, and, unseen among the currant bushes, alls Bob White, Bob White, as if he were playing at hide-and-seek with that imaginary being. My Garden Acquaintance Your life, and that of Pleyel, are exacted from him by this imaginary being. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale There is a passing mention of the existence of women as imaginary beings in the Psalms, the Proverbs, and The Song of Solomon, but not illustrated by any grand personalities or individual characters. The Woman's Bible They remember only an imaginary being who was entirely perfect, and of whom they were not worthy. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking He had many fancies about names, declaring that those which are invented do not give life to imaginary beings, whereas those really borne by some one endow them with vitality. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings All the morning she had been weeping over the sorrows of an imaginary being whom she had found in a novel wandering about, and falling at every step into the most superlative misery. Be Courteous or, Religion, the True Refiner This lesson is taken from "The Song of Hiawatha," a poem, founded upon traditions current among some tribes of North American Indians, respecting an imaginary being of more than mortal powers and gifts, named Hiawatha. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Don Quixote's high eulogiums on himself—"the most valorous adventurer!"—but it is not himself that he has before him, but the idol of his imagination, the imaginary being whom he is acting. Literary Remains, Volume 1 It seems that any simple form of fiction is supposed to be a "fairy tale:" which implies that it has to do with an impossible world of imaginary beings. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty I can see it as I watch myself thinking, discovering, and developing stories, weighing and analyzing the imaginary beings that float through my imagination. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories "You don't mean to say," he exclaimed, "that Mr Null is an imaginary being?" The Late Mrs. Null He scampers through all the Categories, in search of his imaginary beings, from Substance to Quality, and back again; from thence to Action, Passion, Habit, &c. with incredible celerity. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments One of these imaginary beings appears to be weighing the planets on a steel-yard. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals All evils with which man is afflicted, are considered the work of these imaginary beings, whose favour must he propitiated by sacrifices, incantations, and songs. Thaumaturgia The failure of two imaginary beings to unite their lives in wedlock brings unhappiness into myriad homes. Without Prejudice There is a habit we nearly all have indulged in: we often weave little stories in our minds expending love and pity upon the imaginary beings we have created. AE in the Irish Theosophist An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses, like raw head and bloody bones. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue There are no attempts made at deciding what the ground of this unity may be, or what the real nature of this imaginary being. The Critique of Pure Reason But, up to the time that Copernicus showed that the planets were other worlds, the location of these imaginary beings was rather indefinite. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science "But surely the very name Patagonia, which means 'great feet' in Spanish, would not have been given to imaginary beings." In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant If the fields are peopled with imaginary beings, either good or bad, with much more reason must the dark mines be haunted to their lowest depths. The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern However, I thrived wonderfully on the best authority, and it would be ungrateful of me to speak evil of that powerful though imaginary being. The Autobiography of a Slander |
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