 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 strani
...and in, as well as out of, the pulpit are apt to flaunt their eccentricities, 1 " If," he remarks, " that be considered as wit which is at once natural...found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind poets have seldom risen. Their thoughts are often new but seldom natural ; they are not obvious, but... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 strani
...and in, as well as out of, the pulpit are apt to flaunt their eccentricities, i " If," he remarks, " that be considered as wit which is at once natural...its first production acknowledged to be just, if it lie that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind poets have seldom... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 strani
...and in, as well as out of, the pulpit are apt to flaunt their eccentricities, 1 " If," he remarks, " that be considered as wit which is at once natural...its first production acknowledged to be just, if it bo that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind poets have seldom... | |
 | Wilhelm Viëtor - 1905 - 742 strani
...notes on the words italicised in the above passage. Make a general analysis of the following sentence: If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit which is at onoe natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is upon its first production acknowledged to... | |
 | Wilhelm Viëtor - 1905 - 762 strani
...notes on the words italicised in the above passage. Make a general analysis of the following sentence: If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered äs wit which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is upon its first production... | |
 | Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1906 - 422 strani
...not " what oft was thought," for the shock they give proves that they are not mere platitudes, but " that which though not obvious is upon its first production acknowledged to be just." In style La Eochefoucauld's ideal is that of Balzac and the Pr&ieuses. He cultivated the art of writing... | |
 | 1906 - 466 strani
...not " what oft was thought," for the shock they give proves that they are not mere platitudes, but " that which though not obvious is upon its first production acknowledged to be just." In style La Eochefoucauld's ideal is that of Balzac and the Pr&ieuses. He cultivated the art of writing... | |
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 strani
...thought to happiness of language. [B]ya more noble and more adequate conception, that wit defined. [may] be considered as wit which is at once natural and...upon its first production, acknowledged to be just ... that which he that never found it, wonders how he missed. . . . But wit, abstracted from its effects... | |
 | Hans Meier - 1916 - 124 strani
...XII. 138) M. II, 6. 139) Ra. 150, 103. l*0) BJ I, 454. 1«) Ra. 154. 142) L. I, 213. 143) L. I, 36. though not obvious is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just. Streng genommen ist Wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer, — a kind of discordiaconco... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 strani
...depresses it below its natural dignity, and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language. " If by a more noble and more adequate conception that...be considered as Wit, which is at once natural and METAPHYSICAL POETS 208 new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged... | |
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If by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just... 
