...recorded in a characteristic sentence in his criticism of Cowley. " Wit," he says, " is a discordia concors — a combination of dissimilar images or...of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike" — an admirable definition of the term in its modern and restricted sense, and one which also includes...

...Johnson, u may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of concordia discors — a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike ;" but if this be true, then the discovery of the resemblance between diamond and charcoal, between...

...ideas of a fanciful or whimsical nature. Dr. Johnson describes wit " as a kind of concordia discours ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike ; " which Leigh Hunt, in his essay on wit and humor, amplifies into "the arbitrary juxtaposition of...

...abstracted from its effects upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus denned, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature...

...effects upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery...occult resemblances* in things apparently unlike." Thus, of Bacon, it is remarked by Mr. Craik, that the characteristic of his writing is pre-eminently...

...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concerts; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of...occult resemblances* in things apparently unlike." Among modern,definitions of Wit, that by Mr. Leigh Hunt is one of the most noticeable and elaborate....

...mgy bejnore rjgorous^and philosophically sonsidered as a kind ofjtiscor3ia co)ujors]^& ccmtimation of dissimilar images ? or discovery, of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike,. Of witi tjfius_dofined, they have more than enough. The most"Keterogeiieous ideas are yoked by violence...

...concurs, a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in » Essay on Criticism. things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they...and allusions ; their learning instructs, and their subtilty surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought, and though he sometimes...

...wonders by what perversity of industry they were ever found. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations,...reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought. They were not successful in representing or moving the affections. Wholly employed on something unexpected...

...upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concurs; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances, in things apparently unlike To the comparison of a man that travels and a wife that stays at home, with a pair of compasses, it...