 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 oldal
...difficulty : (as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abstruseness, are beheld with pleasure...complaisance ; and by seasoning matters, otherwise distateful or insipid, with an unusual and thence grateful tang.". elined upon their chairs, with their... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 oldal
...; as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, ^ut their abstruseness, are beheld with pleasure; by diverting...way of emulation or complaisance ; and by seasoning mutters, ,otherwise distasteful or insipid, with an unusual, and thence grateful tang. The sermons... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 oldal
...difficulty ; as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abstruseness, are beheld with pleasure...spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit ia way of emulation or complaisance ; and by seasoning matters, otherwise distasteful or insipid, with... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 oldal
...difficulty ; as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abstruseness, are beheld with pleasure...; by instilling gaiety and airiness of spirit ; by provoicing to such dispositions of spirit in way of emulation or complaisance ; and by seasoning matters,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 882 oldal
...delight, as it gratifies curiosity " with a singular effect, and with a semblance of " difficulty, — by diverting the mind from its road of " serious thoughts, — by instilling airiness of spirit, — " and by seasoning what is insipid with a new, and " grateful relish." * A... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 oldal
...not for their beauty but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use but their abstraseness, are beheld with pleasure ;) by diverting the mind...way of emulation or complaisance, and by seasoning matter, otherwise distasteful or insipid, with an unusual and thence grateful tang." — Barrow's Works,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 oldal
...their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abstxuseness, a»e beheld with pleasure :) by diverting the mind from...otherwise distasteful or insipid, with an unusual aad thence grateful tang." Wilkes, with nay compliments." This was accordingly done; and Mr. Wilkes... | |
 | 1821 - 400 oldal
...difficulty: (as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their, usej but their abstruseness, are, beheld with pleasure:)...road of serious thoughts; by instilling gaiety and ajciuess of spirit ; by provoking to such, dispositions of spirit in a way of. emulation or complaisance;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 oldal
...difficulty : (as monsters, not for their beauty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abstruseness, are beheld with pleasure)...diverting the mind from its road of serious thoughts j by instilling gaiety and airiness of spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit in way... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 oldal
...for their M auty, but their rarity ; as juggling tricks, not for their use, but their abtruseness, are beheld with pleasure ; by diverting the mind from...spirit ; by provoking to such dispositions of spirit in the way of emulation or complaisance ; and by seasoning matters, otherwise distasteful or insipid,... | |
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... manners, who can easily turn themselves to all things, or turn all things to themselves.) It also procureth delight by gratifying curiosity with its rareness or semblance of difficulty (as monsters, not for their beauty but their rarity; as juggling... 
