| James Boaden - 1825 - 646 páginas
...for Dr. Barrow's definition of facetiousness : — " It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, that it " seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat al•• lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a • • trivial saying, or in forging... | |
| James Boaden - 1825 - 650 páginas
...for Dr. Barrow's definition of facetiousness : — " It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, that it "seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and...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... | |
| 1825 - 712 páginas
...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...a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a pourtraict of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. — Its ways are unaccountable... | |
| 1826 - 370 páginas
...he, " is a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many posture, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an opposite... | |
| 1826 - 384 páginas
...lie, " is a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and...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... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 páginas
...indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in s,o maay shapes, so many fWStureis, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by, several eyes and...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle On clear and certain notions thereof, than to, make a portrait of Proteus, or to:defiae the figure... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 576 páginas
...by several eyes and judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notiín thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite Ule; sometimes it playelh in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense,... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 622 páginas
...apprehended by several eyes and jugements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain not! in now about t itory, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 592 páginas
...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...hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, thnn to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 590 páginas
...postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by-several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no leas hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or. to deinn' the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it In-ill in pat allusion to a known story, or\in... | |
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