| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 páginas
...on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, — thereby to avoid being misled by similitude,...pleasantry of wit which strikes so lively on the fancy, and therefore is so acceptable to all people, — because its beauty appears at first sight, and there... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 476 páginas
...the other side, " in separating carefully, one from another, ideas wherein "can be found the least difference, — thereby to avoid " being misled by...part, lies that entertainment and pleasantry of " wit Avhich strikes so lively on the fancy, and there" fore is so acceptable to all people, — because... | |
| 1850 - 594 páginas
...quite on the other side,' in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. Addison quotes this passage in the Spectator, and says : ' This is, I think, the best and most philosophical... | |
| 1851 - 486 páginas
...quite on the other side," in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another Addison quotes this passage in the "Spectator" and says:— "This is, I think, the best and most philosophical... | |
| JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 páginas
...quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference; thereby to avoid being misled by similitude...to Metaphor and Allusion, wherein for the most part lie that entertainment and pleasantry of Wit which strike so lively on the fancy, and [are] therefore... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 596 páginas
...on the other side, in separating, carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude,...and is therefore so acceptable to all people.' This i,«, I think, the best and most philosophical account that I have ever met with of wit, which generally,... | |
| 1853 - 524 páginas
...wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity j to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding...wherein, for the most part, lies that entertainment uud pleasantry of wit, which strikes so lively on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 páginas
...on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. — Locke. WIT AND JUDGMENT. — Where judgment has wit to express it, there is the best orator. —... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 páginas
...on the other side, in separating care fully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being mis-led by similitude,...on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.i This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account that I have ever met with of wit,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 páginas
...quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being mis-led by similitude,...on the fancy, and is therefore so acceptable to all people.1 This is, I think, the best and most philosophical account that I have ever met with of wit,... | |
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