 | H. Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 248 Seiten
...sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wrestling of obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth...what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its waya are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1850 - 536 Seiten
...affected simplicity ; sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from...numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.' Of all the preceding varieties of wit, next to the ' play with words and phrases,' perhaps Fuller most... | |
 | 1850 - 460 Seiten
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 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Otten it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable... | |
 | 1851 - 428 Seiten
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 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 478 Seiten
...affected simplicity ; sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from...numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language." Of all the preceding varieties of wit, next to the " play with words and phrases," perhaps Fuller most... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 470 Seiten
...affected simplicity ; sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from...purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and•springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable; being answerable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 Seiten
...affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from...manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way (such as reason teacheth and knoweth things by,) which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...: sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wrestifig obvious matter to the purpose : often it consisteth...manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by,) which, ry a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit... | |
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... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what,... 
