creature of the imagination
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To the sweetest disposition that ever graced a woman, was joined a sensibility, not the fictitious creature of the imagination, but the glowing offspring of a pure and affectionate soul.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various
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
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
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.
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)
