...aflect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. (Whence, in Aristotle, such persons are termed IvàéÇuA, dexterous men, and...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, nnd breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dextrously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humour,...

...amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiratfon, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a...conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dextrously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humour,...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it-seeming to arejue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. (Whence in Aristotle such persons are termed EmJsfioi, dexterous men, and su<rr{oipo»,...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. Whence in Aristotle such persons are termed iiriStfyoi, dexterous men ; and...

...being; '•' answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and wind" ings of language. — It raiseth admiration as signifying a " nimble sagacity of apprehension,...inven"tion, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vul" gar : it procureth delight by gratifying curiosity with its " rareness or semblance of difficulty...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. (Whence in Aristotle such persons are termed dexterous men, and men of facile...

...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. (Whence in Aristotle such persons are termed tiri5t%ioi, dexterous men, and...

...inexplicable, ~ being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...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...