 | 1847 - 640 Seiten
...effects of comparison and epigram, as we have denned them, to the exclusion of the ludicrous : — , "It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...vivacity of spirit ; and reach of Wit more than vulgar. Whence, in Aristotle, such persons are termed tmitítoi, dexterous men, and svrgoTioi, men of facile... | |
 | 1865 - 820 Seiten
...which by a pretty surprising uncouthness or conceit of cxpres* Sermon xiv. sion doth affect and amnse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder and breeding some delight thereto." Barrow must be allowed to be an excellent judge of wit ; if there is any one on whose opinion we should... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 692 Seiten
...and proveth things by), which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth aflect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and...seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 Seiten
...in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying...seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously accommodate them to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying...than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness 6f parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...plain way (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by), which by a pretty surprising uneonthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the...wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admira';on, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 Seiten
...plain way, (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by,) which by a pretty surprising uncouthncss in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the...some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raise: ! admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...plain way (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by), which, by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse the...seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 Seiten
...in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying...seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dexterously accommodate them... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 Seiten
...in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying...seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill that he can dexterously accommodate them to... | |
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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 or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding... 
