| Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 692 páginas
...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,...accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a likely briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. (When in Aristotle'... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 242 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing 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 a purpose before him, together with a lively briskness of humour, not... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness 6f parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 842 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raise: ! admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...spirit and reach of wit more than vulgar. .... It also procureth delight, by gratifying curiosity with its rareness or semblance of difficulty ; as monsters,... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 páginas
...amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admira';on, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, 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... | |
| 1846 - 436 páginas
...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. — Dr Isaac Barrow. SPIRITUAL PERILS. The present world may, with respect... | |
| 1846 - 586 páginas
...and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of ap¡on, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit,...briskness of humour, not apt to damp those sportful flashes of imagination. — I) r uaae Harrow. SPIRITUAL PERILS. Ths present world may, with respect... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...skill that he can dexterously accommodate them to a purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humour not apt to damp those sportful flashes... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 páginas
...affect and amuse the fancy, showing in it some wonder, and breathing some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...skill that he can dexterously accommodate them to a purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness of humor not apt to damp those sportful flashes... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 páginas
...expression, doth amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight. It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension,...vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar. It seemeth to argue a rare quickness of parts that can produce such applicable conceits, a notable skill... | |
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