Citations:phantasie

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English citations of phantasie and phantaſie

Noun: antiquated spelling of fantasy[edit]

1610 1905
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  • 1610 C.E., “J. H.”, St. Avgvstine of the Citie of God (translated), George Eld; Book #18, Chapter #32, page #720:
    The deepe made anoiſe   :   the depth of mans heart expreſſed what it ſaw : the hight of this phantaſie, that is the deepe gaue out the voice expreſſing (as I ſayd,) what it ſaw . This phantaſie was a viſion, which hee conceiled not,but proclaimed at full .
  • 1905 C.E., Samuel Purchas, Hakluytus Posthumus, James MacLehose and Sons; Volume I, Chapter XIII, page #326:
    Which although it be as I said no other then a vaine and cappricious phantasie, yet, hath it, not onely found acceptance and entertainment, with sundry learned and understanding men : but reason and authoritie are produced, or pretended to establish it for a truth.