 | 1790 - 542 pàgines
...rarioully apprehended by i'cvenlcyes and judgments, that it icemeth no Icfs hard to. fetde a clesr and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pr.t al Union to a known ftory, or in feafonnhle application of a tiivial faying, or in terming an... | |
 | William Seward - 1795 - 684 pàgines
...poftures, fo many *' garbs, fo varioufly apprehended by feveral eyes •' and judgments, that it fesmeth no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion...to " make a. portrait of Proteus, or to define the t: figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth " in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 pàgines
...great Divine, " a thing fo verfatile and multiform, appearing in " fo many fhapes, fo many poftures, fo many " garbs, fo varioufly apprehended by feveral...Proteus, or to define the " figure of the fleeting ajj. Sometimes it lieth /* in pat allufion to a known flory, or in feafonable " application of a trivial... | |
 | William Seward - 1804 - 492 pàgines
...fo " varioufly apprehended by feveral eyes and judg" ments, 9 " ments, tint it feefteth no lef»hard to fettle a " clear and certain notion thereof than to make a « portrait of frdtefrs, or to define the figure of "the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allu" fion to a known... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pàgines
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a...Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometiaies it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pàgines
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it scemclh no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a...define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it in ih in pat allusion to a known story, or in a seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 pàgines
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pàgines
...garbs, so variously 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 Porteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known... | |
 | James Boaden - 1825 - 650 pàgines
...facetiousness : — " It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, that it "seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion "thereof, than to make...define "the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lietlrin pat al" lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a " trivial saying, or in... | |
 | 1826 - 384 pàgines
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a...define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it Moth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging... | |
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It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear... 
