For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy... The Spectator - Strana 1031853 - Počet stránok 742Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 342
...follow : ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, " That men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - Počet stránok 366
...follow: ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, " That men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | 1803 - Počet stránok 436
...follow : ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories, have not...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congniity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the... | |
 | 1804 - Počet stránok 676
...follow: ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, That men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - Počet stránok 470
...has given us the best account of wit, in short, that can any where be met with. "Wit," says he, "lies in the, assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." Thus does true wit, as this incomparable author... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - Počet stránok 554
...another. And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men, who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - Počet stránok 562
...another. And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men, who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, (hereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agree.!/• /. ment. K 4 abl« able visions in the fancy;... | |
 | Jacques D. Du Perron - 1805 - Počet stránok 412
...following famous passage in Locke, where he marks the distinguished faculties of wit and judgment j " Wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | John Locke - 1808 - Počet stránok 346
...another. And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation,— That men who have a great deal of Wit, and prompt Memories, have not...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the Fancy : Judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the... | |
 | James Beattie - 1809 - Počet stránok 406
...perspicuous, and natural language. For I agree with Locke, that " Wit consists chiefly in the assem" Wage of ideas, and putting those together with " quickness...any resemblance or congruity, thereby to " make up pleasant pictures and agreeable " visions in the fancy:"* And I also agree with Pope, that " an easy... | |
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