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...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense...lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkisli reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection...

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...laughter. In the description of wit, given by Barrow, he says, " Sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound." Now this is the general character of Hood's wit. It is generally in the form of the pun. A mere punster...

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...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense...question ; in a smart answer; in a quirkish reason ; in a akrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection; sometimes it is couched...

...application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense,...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...