 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 oldal
...wit, according to Johnson's definition of that term, which agrees with its received acceptation: ' A combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.' At the same time, although it may appear from Burke's works., that he abounded in wit much more VOL.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 oldal
...the hearer, may be more rigorously' and philosophically considered as a kind of dtsearetia cancan \ a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently ijniikc. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than eriough. The most het«ro»ciyxras ideas are yoked... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 oldal
...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of £scordla cancan ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | 1850 - 806 oldal
...moreover, makes the definition too wide, and quickness of comparison too narrow. ' Wit,' says Johnson, ' is a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.' To which our author objects, that if it be true, the discovery of the resemblance between diamond and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 oldal
...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of dlscordia concurs; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defmed, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 oldal
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | James Mason - 1809 - 566 oldal
...it, wonders how he missed." " Abstracted from its effects upon the hearer, it may be more vigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of concordia discors ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discoveiy of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike."* Now to come to a conception of humour,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 oldal
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concurs ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...-occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 oldal
...the hearer, ; may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus denned, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 oldal
...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
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Wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors: a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. 
