play of fancy

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First there is the ancient Riddle, that draws upon the imagination and play of fancy.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest

Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

But Swedenborg's firm belief that the fancies engendered in his mind were scientific realities is very different from the conscious play of fancy in the passage just quoted.

From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)

We have seen the very same incidents narrated in Wales or in Germany with breathless awe as a veritable occurrence which in India, or among the Arabs, are a mere play of fancy.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

Now is the play of fancy and the yearning of the heart—and the aching comes in its time.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan