 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 ページ
...It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, (such as reasoning teacheth and proveth things by), which, by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth aft'ect and amuse the fancy, stirring it to some wonder and breeding some delight thereto." One cannot... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 520 ページ
...language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by), which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit of" expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1858 - 584 ページ
...in the main as pretty correct; that it is a manner of speak- '. ing out of the simple and plain way, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit...it some wonder , and breeding some delight thereto. Locke is of opinion that the province of wit is to trace resemblances, while that of judgment is to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 ページ
...reason teacheth and proveth things by,) which, by a pietly sur prising i the fane thereto. prising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect...stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight KNOWLEDGE A SOURCE OF DELIGHT. Wisdom of itself is delectable and satisfactory, as it implies a revelation... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1859 - 442 ページ
...is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the plain way, which, by a pretty and surprising icouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse the...vivacity of spirit and reach of wit more than vulgar. It seemcth to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 ページ
...language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by), which by a pretty surprising...some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raisetJi admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 ページ
...consisteth in one knows not what, and s,,rin<reth „„ one can hardly tell how. Its ways prising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect...it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. KNOWLEDGE A SOURCE OF DELIGHT. Wisdom of itself is delectable and satisfactory, as it implies a revelation... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 ページ
...short, a manner of speaking out of the aim-/ pie and plain way (such as reason teacheth and knoweth things by), which by a pretty surprising uncouthness...conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 ページ
...manner of speaking out of the plain way, 4 which, by an uncouthness in conceit 5 or expression, doth amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight. 6 It raiseth admiration, as signifying 7 a nimble sagacity of apprehension, 8 a special felicity of... | |
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... in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and... 
