 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - Liczba stron: 706
...Section. I. OF WIT. ACCORDING to Locke, Wit consists " in the assemblage of ideas ; " and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein " can be found any resemblance or congruity."* I would add to this definition, (rather by way of explanation than amendment,) that Wit implies a power... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Liczba stron: 426
...is very exact. Mr. Locke had defined wit to consist " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together, with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great philosopher,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - Liczba stron: 428
...is very exact. Mr. Locke had defined wit to consist " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together, with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great philosopher,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - Liczba stron: 418
...Addison, following Locke, who defines it " to lie in the assemblage of ideas ; and " putting those together, with quickness and variety, " wherein can...congruity, " thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable vi" sions in the fancy."* It may be defined more concisely, and perhaps more accurately,... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - Liczba stron: 380
...clearest judgment or deepest reason : for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1824 - Liczba stron: 278
...clearest judgment, or deepest reason. — For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be...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... | |
 | 1824 - Liczba stron: 284
...clearest judgment, or deepest reason. — For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be...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... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - Liczba stron: 552
...clearest judgment, or deepest reason : for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - Liczba stron: 398
...That gives us back the image of our mind, 300 NOTES. " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together, with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great Philosopher,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - Liczba stron: 404
...That gives us back the image of our mind, 300 NOTES. " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together, with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great Philosopher,... | |
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... 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... 
