play of fancy
Example Sentences
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Grotesque is all very well, but it should show a light, delicate play of fancy; and things comic are very amusing when they are not vulgar.
From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence
One who lives only in the sensations and feelings of the senses will look upon impressions of higher things as a Fata Morgana, or mere play of fancy.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
To the imaginative, it starts a train of thought—a play of fancy.
From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by Goolrick, John T.
He had a rich play of fancy, but none of the soaring imagination of Shelley or Byron.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
Ay, but I don't want you to be ignorant," said Billy, earnestly; "and there's no greater mistake than supposing that knowledge is an impediment to the play of fancy.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James
