... 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... Cathedral Stones, and Other Discourses - Página 255de Spencer Summerfield Roche - 1917 - 255 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 428 páginas
...nonsense ; — sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it ; — sometimes an...presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being ; — sometimes it ariseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; — often it consisteth in one knows not what,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1850 - 474 páginas
...scenical representation of " persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look "or gesture, passe th for it; — sometimes an affected " simplicity, sometimes...presumptuous bluntness, " giveth it being ; — sometimes it ariseth only from a "lucky hitting upon what is strange; — often it con" sisteth in one knows not... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1850 - 232 páginas
...affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one hardly knows what, and springeth... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 144 páginas
...startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation, of persons or things, a counterfeit...presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 322 páginas
...nonsense; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimieal look or gesture, passeth for it; sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to... | |
| Henry Rogers - 1853 - 470 páginas
...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 only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to... | |
| Henry Rogers - 1853 - 478 páginas
...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 only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1854 - 436 páginas
...startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit...hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose : oftsn it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1861 - 444 páginas
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected...hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose : often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 páginas
...startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit...passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sonytimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon... | |
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