| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 Seiten
...at doing him a service in this respecl. Besides, wit lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas, and in putting those together with quickness and variety,...wherein can be found any resemblance, or congruity, to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; the writer, who aims at wit, must... | |
| 1803 - 434 Seiten
...of wit and prompt memories, have not always. the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congniity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the... | |
| 1803 - 420 Seiten
...and prompt memories, have not always ' the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit • lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting ' those together with quickness and variety, vvhere' in can be found any resemblance or congruity, thero ' by to rffeke up pleasant pictures and... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1804 - 364 Seiten
...humanity. Polish'd wit bestous, 1. 309. Mr. Locke defines wit to consist of an assemblage of ideas, brought together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to makeup pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy. To which Mr. Addison adds, that these... | |
| John Locke - 1805 - 562 Seiten
...of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason: for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, (hereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agree.!/• /. ment. K 4 abl« able visions in the fancy;... | |
| 1850 - 806 Seiten
...series of high and exalted ferments.' Mr. Locke's notion is, that it ' consists in putting those ideas together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, in order to excite pleasure in the mind' — a definition that includes both eloquence and poetry.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 Seiten
...doing him a service in this respect. _ Besides, ivit, lying mostly in the assemblage- of ideas, and in putting those together with quickness and variety,...wherein can be found any resemblance, or congruity, to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy; the writer, who aims at wit, must... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 Seiten
...lies in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those tojrether with quickness and variety, where* ifi can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable vision* in the fancy." Thus does true wit, as this incomparable author observes, generally consist... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 Seiten
...given us tlie best account of wit in short that can any where be met with. " Wit," says he, " lies in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, whereцп can be found any resemblance or congiuity, thereby to makf up pleasant pictures and agreeable... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 Seiten
...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason." For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up ileasatit pictures, and agreeable visions in the ancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on he... | |
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