 | 1803 - 440 pages
...promote vigour of body and ease of mind. ' The Pun is defined by one who seems to be no wellwisher to it, to be " a conceit arising from the use of two words...that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense." Now if this be the essence of the Pun, how great must we allow the dignity of it to be, when • we... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...punning.. Having pursued the history of a pun from its origiwal to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to Iry a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfal, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfal, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...a word of the same sound which has been used by another person ; or, as Addison defines it, " it is a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in sound, but differ in sense." • This has justly been termed the lowest species of wit, (if wit it... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfal, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfal, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 366 pages
...vigour of body and ease of mind. The pun is defined by one, who seems 'to be no well-wisher to it, to be ' A conceit arising from the use of two words...that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense.' Now if this be the essence of the pan, how great must we allow the dignity of it to be, when we consider... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...vigour of body and ease of mind. ' The pun is denned by one, who seems to be no well-wisher to it, to be "A conceit arising from the use of two words...that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense." Now if this be the essence of the pun, how great must we allow the dignity of it to be, when we consider... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it... | |
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I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears the test, you may pronounce... 
