creature of the imagination
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In the Buddhist philosophy the world is thus held to be a creature of the imagination.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
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.
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.
A Dobbin seemed to him to be such a one as might probably be met with in the world, whereas to his thinking a Ravenswood was simply a creature of the imagination.
From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony
Fear, as it exists in man, is a make-believe of sanity, a creature of the imagination, a state of insanity.
From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Haddock, Frank C. (Frank Channing)
