The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 2
Chapter 7
--so full of shapes _is_ fancy, That it alone is high fantastical.
Warburton's alteration of _is_ into _in_ is needless. 'Fancy' may very well be interpreted 'exclusive affection,' or 'passionate preference.' Thus, bird-fanciers, gentlemen of the fancy, that is, amateurs of boxing, &c. The play of assimilation,--the meaning one sense chiefly, and yet keeping both senses in view, is perfectly Shakspearian.