 | 1801 - Liczba stron: 518
...•were carelefs of their diaion. If, by a moie noble and more adequate conception, that be confidered as wit which (is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to^e jult ; if it be that, which he that never found it wonders how... | |
 | 1802 - Liczba stron: 684
...thought to happinefs of language. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be con/idered as wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is upon its firlt production , acknowledged to be juft; if it be that which he that never found it, wonders how... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - Liczba stron: 594
...Observations on the State of AiFairsl 1756, p. 23. WIT. Wit is that which is at once natural and new, ^and which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just. Life of Cewley. Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - Liczba stron: 420
...Obfervations on th« State c/ Aifairs, 1756, p- zj. WIT. Wit is that which is at once natural and new, and which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just. LifSofCowley. Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - Liczba stron: 550
...off fprightly wit. For NOTES. " If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be confidered as wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft produftion, acknowledged to be juft ; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 482
...thought to happinefs of language. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be confidered as wit which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft production, acknowledged to be juft ; if it bethat which he that never found it wonders how he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - Liczba stron: 558
...off fprightly wit. For NOTES. " If by a more noble and more adequate conception tliat be eonfidcred as wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its firft produ&ion, acknowledged to be juil ; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how... | |
 | James Mason - 1809 - Liczba stron: 566
...is an excellent definition, or rather description of wit in Johnson's life of Cowley. " Wit is that, which is at once natural and new—- that, which though...upon its first production, acknowledged to be just, that which, he that never found it, wonders how he missed." " Abstracted from its effects upon the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 452
...its natural dignity, and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language. If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered...if it be that which he that never found it wonders hovr he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen. Their thoughts are often... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 560
...its natural dignity, and reduces it from strength of thought to happiness of language. If, by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered...production, acknowledged to be just ; if it be that, which be that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom... | |
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If by a more noble and more adequate conception, that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just... 
