 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1858 - 584 pàgines
...a manner of speak- '. ing out of the simple and plain way, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse the...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 pàgines
...teacheth and proveth things by,) which, by a pietly sur prising i the fane thereto. prising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse the...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 472 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 584 pàgines
...plain wayt, (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... | |
 | William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 pàgines
...plain way (such as reason teacheth and proveth tilings 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 - 1859 - 550 pàgines
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 pàgines
...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...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 pàgines
...in one knows not what, and s,,rin<reth „„ one can hardly tell how. Its ways prising uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse the...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... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1861 - 468 pàgines
...unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language. It raiseth admiration as signifying a nimble sagacity...of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it procureth delight by gratifying curiosity with its rareness, or semblance of difficulty; by directing... | |
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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... 
