| James Boswell - 1851 - 322 oldal
...similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, ma smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting...hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible recom.-i.ing of contradictions, or in acute nonsense; sometimes a scenical representation of persons... | |
| Henry Rogers - 1853 - 470 oldal
...similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it; sometimes an affected simplicity ; sometimes a presumptuous... | |
| Henry Rogers - 1853 - 478 oldal
...similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it; sometimes an affected simplicity ; sometimes a presumptuous... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 oldal
...answer ; in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it ; sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1861 - 444 oldal
...shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is concealed in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous... | |
| Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - 296 oldal
...— sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting...couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, a lusty hyperbole, a startling metaphor, a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 oldal
...is couched in a " bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, a lusty hyper" bole, a startling metaphor, a plausible reconciling of " contradictions, or in..." scenical representation of persons or things, a coun" terfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for "it;—sometimes an affected simplicity,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 oldal
...sound : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is concealed in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 444 oldal
...sound : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is concealed in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,... | |
| Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 oldal
...similitude : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it: sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous... | |
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