...portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure 3 of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion 4 to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, 5 or in forging an apposite tale ; 6 —sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage...

...of manners. In the course of his famous definition or description of wit, Barrow says : " Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or...

...of the same kind, and need not be farther illustrated. A large part of the wit consists in " playing in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound." Laud is "a man of low stature, but of high parts;" Dr Field is "that learned divine whose memory smelleth...

...be mentioned alongside with John Gilpin. They are excellent examples of that species of wit which " playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from...ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound." Tam 0Shanter, by Robert Burns, is a poem of infinitely higher rank. Indeed, it may well be compared...

...thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playcth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of...

...pages of our author. Of his wit, as of wit in general, it may be truly said, that sometimes it lies in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly...

...thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapt in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude : sometimes...

...thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...sense, or the affinity of their sound: sometimes it is wrapt in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude : sometimes...

...Bernal Osborne was as well equipped as any of his class. ' Sometimes it lieth ' (says Dr. Barrow) ' in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable...affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped up in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurkcth under an odd similitude ; sometimes it...

...humorous is mercurial in its manifestations. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in a sea-sonable application of a trivial saying, or in...affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped up in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it...