| James Boswell - 1824 - 482 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or th£ affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes... | |
| Voltaire - 1824 - 524 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus,...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in feigning an apposite... | |
| James Boaden - 1825 - 646 стор.
...indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, that it " seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion " thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat al•• lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a • • trivial saying, or in forging... | |
| James Boaden - 1825 - 650 стор.
...indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, that it "seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion "thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...define "the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lietlrin pat al" lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a " trivial saying, or in... | |
| 1826 - 370 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an opposite... | |
| 1826 - 384 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it Moth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 стор.
...by several eyes and judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notiín thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite Ule; sometimes it playelh in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense,... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 622 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and jugements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain not! in now about t itory, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 712 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,...and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of Eadem their sense, or the affinity of their sound: sometimes quie, si im- . . prudcuti- it is wrapped... | |
| James Flamank - 1833 - 414 стор.
...the image of our mind." Dr. Isaac Barrow observes of wit, — " Sometimes it lieth in pat illusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of...in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth on words and phrases, taking an advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their... | |
| |