 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 trang
...a shrewd intimation, tri cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme •of speech ; in a tart...sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 trang
...in a shrewd intimation, hi cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony,...in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in aqute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 trang
...objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyberbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 trang
...cunningly diverting, or cleverly' retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme 6f speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole ;...contradictions', or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scehical representation of persons or things; a counterfeit speech; a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 trang
...cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme *bf speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole ;...contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a seenical representation of persons or things ; a counterfeit speech; a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 trang
...in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony,...sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 546 trang
...in a shrewd intimation, in cunnmgly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched In a bold scheme of speech ; in a tart irony;...representation of persons or things ; a counterfeit speech; a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 trang
...in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly relortiug an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony,...startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictious, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 368 trang
...intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a hold scheme of speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole...sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being; sometimes itriseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange: sometimes... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 trang
...in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony,...sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes... | |
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... sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold... 
