...anbere nehmen 2). 3«r i) the discerning faculty. 1. с. chap. XI. a) 1. с. §. Z. Wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas* and putting those together...pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgement, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side , in separating carefully , one from another,...

...Illustrations of the Doctrine slated in the preceding Section. I. OP WIT. ACCORDING to Docke, Wit consists " in the assemblage of ideas ; and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity." * I would add to this definition, (rather by way of comment than of amendment,) that wit implies a...

...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason. For wit, lies most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment on the contrary lies quite...

...hit on it, it was that I might see him in the same coach with the duke of Bruyere. xcm. Wit lies most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congrulty thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the...

...and prompt memories, have not always the elearest judgment, or deepest reason. For Wit, lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, icherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable...

...and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For Wit, lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, ichtrein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable...

...putting those; together with quickness and varirty wherein can be found any rcsembhmce or con^ruil'j , thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions, in the fancy : judgment, on the contrary, he» quite on the other side, in separating cart-fully, en? fiom another,...

...thought, is that only which is taken notice of by Addison, following Locke, who defines it " to lie in the assemblage of ideas ; and putting those together,...pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy."* It may be defined more concisely, and perhaps more accurately, " A junction of things by distant and...

...and pat' ting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found the least difference or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy : judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another,...

...definition of Wit. LOCKE describes Wit as " lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting these together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruityt t/iereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy *." - Essiv, b....