... similitude: sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, .in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony,... The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Página 111 por James Boswell - 1807 Visualização integral -
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