| Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 стор.
...apprehended by several eyes and judg' ments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear ' and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of ' Proteus,...it playeth in 'words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambi' guity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; ' — sometimes it is wrapt in... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1861 - 444 стор.
...Dr. Barrow as the best description of wit and its modes of affecting us with which I am acquainted. " Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, OP the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 стор.
...Dr. Barrow as the best description of wit and its modes of affecting us with which I am acquainted. " Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite talc : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 стор.
...apprehended by sereral eyes and ju-.mciits, that it seciutth no less hud t~> scale a deal and ccru.a notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it Jieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1855 - 408 стор.
...notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometime it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging aji apposite tale ; — sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambiguity... | |
| Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 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, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in a pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application... | |
| Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 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, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in a pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 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, or to define the figure of a fleeting air." The doctor then proceeds to describe it, and concludes by saying, that " often it... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 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, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 стор.
...the creatures of a midsummer's dream. "Sometimes their facetiousness lieth," as Barrow says, " in a pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying. Sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the... | |
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