 | James Boswell - 1859 - 320 sider
...expression; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, 1n a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting aa objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 sider
...their sense, or the Affinity of their sound; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression; sometimes it lurketh under an odd 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... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 584 sider
...sense, or the affinity of their sound b: sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude : sometimes it is lodged in b Eadem, qua;, si imprudentibus cxcidant, stulta sunt ; si simulamus, rennsta crcduntur. — Quint.... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 sider
...their sense, or the affinity of their sound; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression, sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes...quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly, divertingly, or cleverly retorting an objeetion ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speeeh,... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 912 sider
...it lurketh under an odd similitude ; ' Spectator, 62. » Phil, of Rhet., bi, ch. 2, sect. 1. WIT — sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart...shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 sider
...wrapt in a dress of humorous expression; 7 — sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; 8 — sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart...shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; 9 —sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, 10 in a tart 11 irony,... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 710 sider
...similitude; 1 Sprctotor, 63. » Phil, qf KaL, b. I., ch. 2, Mel. 1. 1 Sermon agaiiat Ibobih TsUdnff. WIT — sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a qnirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1861 - 468 sider
...sense, or the affinity of their sound; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes...a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd imitation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a... | |
 | Isaac Barrow, James Hamilton - 1861 - 670 sider
...sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude :* sometimes...question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a ihrewd intimation, iu cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 sider
...sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression: sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude : sometimes...a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd imitation, in cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a... | |
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... in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense... 
