 Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their...  The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - 381 페이지저자: James Boswell - 1821전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1850 - 232 페이지
...English writer," can be represented the manifold forms and almost infinite range of their mirth. " Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped up in a dress of humorous expression... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1850 - 536 페이지
...land : hereabouts the angel buried him, and also buried the grave, lest it should occasion idolatry.' allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ;... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 페이지
...notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometime it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; — sometimes it is wrapped in a... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 페이지
...notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometime it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; — sometimes it is wrapped in a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 페이지
...and judgments, that it seemed no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lielh in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 478 페이지
...exemplified in the pages of our author. Of his wit, as of wit in general, it may be truly said, that " sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression;... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 470 페이지
...exemplified in the pages of our author. Of his wit, as of wit in general, it may be truly said, that " sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ;... | |
 | Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - 296 페이지
...and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambiguity of their' sense, or the affinity of their sound ; — sometimes it is wrapt in a dress... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 페이지
...judg' ments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear ' and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of ' Proteus, or to define the figure of...it playeth in 'words and phrases, taking advantage of the ambi' guity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; ' — sometimes it is wrapt in... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1854 - 444 페이지
...Dr. Barrow as the best description of wit and its modes of affecting us with which I am acquainted. " Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story,...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer,... | |
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