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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 227
by James Boswell - 1807
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Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 lehte
...allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases,...taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, ui the affinity of their sound ; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of luminous expression ; sometimes...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 912 lehte
...allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or- in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases,...their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; ' Spectator, 62. » Phil, of Rhet.,...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 710 lehte
...in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale.' sometimes it playcth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...their sound: sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; 1 Sprctotor, 63. » Phil, qf KaL,...
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Lectures on English Literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 lehte
...in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it piayeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression . sometimes it lurketli under an odd similitude : sometimes it is lodged in a sly...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 lehte
...feigning an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage of the amhiguity of 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...
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Autobiography, letters and literary remains of mrs. Piozzi, ed ..., 1. köide

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 lehte
..."Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying: sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking...ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound." If this be so, she possessed it in abundance. In a letter, dated Bath, 26th April, 1818, — about...
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Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 lehte
...Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking...ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound." If this be so, she possessed it in abundance. In a letter, dated Bath, 26th April, 1818, — about...
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The Life of Richard Porson, M.A. ...

John Selby Watson - 1861 - 500 lehte
...allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the « P. 41. t Kidd, Tracts, p. 817. , ldtv of their sense, or the affinity of their soxind ; ambiguity...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 lehte
...allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale: sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking...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...
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Half-hours of translation, or Extracts from the best British and American ...

Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 lehte
...in forging an apposite tale ;* — sometimes it playeth in8 words and phrases, taking advantage4 of the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound ; — sometimes it is wrapt in a dress of humorous expression;5 — sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; 8 —...
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