 that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion 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 seasonal! application of a trivial saying,...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - 365. oldalszerző: James Boswell - 1904Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1790 - 542 oldal
...garbs, to varioully apprehended by lèverai eyes and judgments, that it iccmeth no lets hard to, fettle a clear and certain notion thereoF than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure oiine fleeting air. Sometimes it licth in p;.t nlliilion to n known пату, or in feafonnble application... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 oldal
...fo varioufly apprehended by feveral eyes " and judgments, that it feemeth no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to ." make...of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth ," in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable " application of a trivial faying, or in forging an " appofite... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 418 oldal
...fo varioufly apprehended by feveral eyes " and judgments, that it feemeth no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to ** make...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth " in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable " application of a trivial faying, or in forging an ""... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 oldal
...postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seem- 1 eth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion...Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale: sometimes it playeth in... | |
 | 1869 - 584 oldal
...the usefulness of a little well-timed jocosity. He cannot, he admits, define wit; it would be as easy 'to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air;' but he does describe the forms that it assumes with his usual fertility of thought and expression :—... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 oldal
...many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof,—than to define the figure of the fleeting air." * The Author of the Essay on the humqn Understanding,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 546 oldal
...many shapes, si) many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and...Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale: sometimes it playfth in... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 oldal
...many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemcth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than :o male a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 584 oldal
...garbs, fo varioufly apprehended by feveral eyes and judgments, that it feemeth no lefs hard to fettle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define tbe figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat an to a known ftory, or in feafonable application... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 oldal
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seerneth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
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