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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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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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,...sense or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapt in a dress of humorous expression : sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude : sometimes...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 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 : sometimes it is lodged in a sly...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

1865 - 980 lehte
...signifying a nimble sagaoity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit and words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of luminous expression; sometimes it Inrketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly...
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The Elements of Intellectual Philosophy

Francis Wayland - 1865 - 444 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,...sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly...
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Selections from the writings of Isaac Barrow

Isaac Barrow - 1866 - 312 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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Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, 1. köide

Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 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. Sometimes it is lodged in a sly...
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Roses and Holly. A Gift-book for All the Year

Roses - 1867 - 172 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 Inrketh under an odd similitude : sometimes it is lodged in a sly...
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A Complete Manual of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 550 lehte
...enumeration: the " pat allusion to a known story, the seasonable application of a trivial saying; the playing in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression; sometimes it lurks under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question,...
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A Complete Manual of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 562 lehte
...: the " pat allusion to a known story, the seasonable application of a trivial saying; the playing in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression; sometimes it lurks under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question,...
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