 | william harrison ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pàgines
...nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it: sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose:... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1857 - 532 pàgines
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or tilings, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntncss, giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pàgines
...nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons ot' things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous boldnes«, giveth it being ; spmetimes it riscth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pàgines
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a pre sumptuous bluntness, giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange,... | |
 | Christian classics, James Hamilton - 1859 - 786 pàgines
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected...wresting obvious matter to the purpose ; often it consists iu one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how," &c. Considering that Barrow... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pàgines
...gesture, passeth for it. Sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes u presumptuous bluntness, gives it being. Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting...the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not whut, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1859 - 442 pàgines
...sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes...wresting obvious matter to the purpose : often it consisted! in one knows not what, and springeth up one knows not how. Its ways are unaccountable and... | |
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... an objection. Sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation, of persons... 
