| George Burnett - 1807 - 548 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some won•der, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiselh admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...of wit more than vulgar. It seemeth to argue a rare quicknesr. of parts, that one •can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a nptable skill, that he... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...expression, doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...expression, doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one cau sition ; as motion is accelerated by the continuance... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 páginas
...raiseth Jidmiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of inx-ention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar. It seemeth to argue-a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill,... | |
| George Burnett - 1813 - 546 páginas
...expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight . thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...It seemeth to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 páginas
...expression, doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring on it tome "wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can (etch in remote conceits applicable; a notable... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 páginas
...expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, shewing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar: it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 476 páginas
...in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raised* admiration, as signifying a nimWe sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention,...vivacity of spirit, And reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, tliat one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable... | |
| 1821 - 400 páginas
...expression, doth aflect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 412 páginas
...expression, doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, nnd breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity...of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable... | |
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