 | 1821 - 400 pàgines
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure •...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is •wrapped in 'a dress of humorous expression... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pàgines
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the amhiguity of their collections, sir, the desire of augmenting them grows stronger in proportion to... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 524 pàgines
...and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in feigning an apposite... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pàgines
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :... | |
 | James Boaden - 1825 - 646 pàgines
...multiform, that it " seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion " thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define " the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat al•• lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a • • trivial saying, or in forging... | |
 | James Boaden - 1825 - 650 pàgines
...multiform, that it "seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion "thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define "the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lietlrin pat al" lusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a " trivial saying, or in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pàgines
...judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pàgines
...portrait of Proteus, or to:defiae the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in that allosion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, Or the affinity of their sound : Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression :... | |
 | 1826 - 370 pàgines
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an opposite... | |
 | 1826 - 384 pàgines
...judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it Moth in pat allusions to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging... | |
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Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their... 
