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...sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes upon a crafty wresting of obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth...not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how." Wit must not be undervalued : it is a source of rational amusement ; and it is quite allowable, if...

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...bluntness is its true characteristic, at others, a crafty wresting of obvious matter to serve its purpose. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and turns of language. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension — a special...

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