...ideas of a fanciful or whimsical nature. Dr. Johnson describes wit " as a kind of concordia discours ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike ; " which Leigh Hunt, in his essay on wit and humor, amplifies into "the arbitrary juxtaposition of...

...that he missed them, wonders more frequently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found. But wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer,...more rigorously and philosophically considered as a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike....

...nothing in common, he, Bacon, never had an equal, not even Cowley, not even the author of Hudibras. Johnson's own notion of Wit is intimated in his Discourse...philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concerts; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances* in things apparently...

...verses by counting the syllables. Those, however, who deny them to be poets, allow them to the wits But wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer,...philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concurs; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances, in things apparently...

...us that wit maybe more 'rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of concordia discors — a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.' Poor dear Dr. Johnson ! What a storm in a teacup ! We hope our readers now thoroughly understand what...

...is not witty, but it becomes so when he adds that it is also as cold. Dr. Johnson defines wit as " a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike ;" and Dr. Campbell, in the " Philosophy of Rhetorick," as " that which excites agreeable surprise...

...that he missed them, wonders more frequently by what perversenew of industry they were ever found. interesting from сонcors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently...

...that he missed them, wonders more frequently by what perverseness of industry they were ever found. But wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer,...of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence...

...stream of life, and shall speedily be landed in the ocean of eternity." Johnson says that wit is " a discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images,...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike." Many have considered that humour consists of contrast or comparison, and it is true that a large portion...

...stream of life, and shall speedily be landed in the ocean of eternity." Johnson says that wit is " a discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images,...occult resemblances in things apparently unlike." Many have considered that humour consists of contrast or comparison, and it is true that a large portion...