creature of the imagination
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She argued to herself that one of the two persons was necessarily a creature of the imagination, and, deciding that the gentleman had no real existence, she sat down on the arm-chair.
From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.
"What is this Republic? this creature of the imagination which you place above all else in the world?" she asked impetuously.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William
If you admire fictions much more terrible and monstrous, why is it that this character, even if regarded merely as a creature of the imagination, cannot obtain quarter at your hands?
From A Hero of Our Time by Wisdom, J. H.
Matter is a creature of the imagination, and is a pure assumption.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
"And why a creature of the imagination?" inquired M. Delevert.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 by Various
