| 1825 - 486 pages
...first in order, and first in rank, wit in the thought. This has been defined by Mr. Locke,* "to lie in the assemblage of ideas; and putting those together,...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." With all due deference to... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1825 - 504 pages
...first in order, and first in rank, wit in the thought. This has been defined by Mr. .Locke,* "to lie in the assemblage of ideas; and putting those together, with quickness and variety, wherein can be round any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the... | |
| 1826 - 696 pages
...well, and all here related is only too true. Pcnzancc, July 1826. IIAKLEY. LACONICS. WIT lies most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary,... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...deep thinker, and elicits truths which are in vain sought for with any severe effort ; ' Wit lies most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety.' ADDISON. Humour is a species of wit which flows out of the humour of a person ; For sure by wit is... | |
| 1827 - 674 pages
...function as that which the Phrenologist ascribes to his faculty of Wit. He represents Wit " as lying in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruily, thereby to make up pleasant pictures in the fancy. Judgment, on the contrary, lies in separating... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason.' For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary,... | |
| 1828 - 394 pages
...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason : for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary,... | |
| John Locke - 1828 - 392 pages
...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason : for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary,... | |
| John Locke - 1828 - 390 pages
...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason : for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary,... | |
| John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and Tariety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and... | |
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