...wit, according to Johnson's definition of that term, which agrees with its received acceptation: ' A combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.' At the same time, although it may appear from Burke's works., that he abounded in wit much more VOL....

...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of £scordla cancan ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art...

...moreover, makes the definition too wide, and quickness of comparison too narrow. ' Wit,' says Johnson, ' is a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.' To which our author objects, that if it be true, the discovery of the resemblance between diamond and...

...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art...

...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of dlscordia concurs; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defmed, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature...

...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concurs ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art...

...images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art arc ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their 'learning instructs, and their subtility...

...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art...

...the hearer, ; may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus denned, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature...

..." a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction:" and wit, " a combination of dissimilar images; or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike." The object of the poets of the metaphysical race, he states to be, to excite surprise, and not delight...