...of Fuller, the Church Historian;" whom he characterizes, and justly, thus: " The writings of Fuller are usually designated by the title of quaint, and...; for such was his natural bias to conceits, that 1 doubt not upon most occasions it would have been going out of his way to have expressed himself out...

...of Fuller, the Church Historian;" whom he cKaracterizes, and justly, thus: " The writings of Fuller are usually designated by the title of quaint, and with sufficient reason ; for sucb was bis natural bias to conceits, that 1 doubt not upon most occasions it would bave been going...

...reader in the language of one of the best judges we have lately had amongst us. "The writings of Fuller are usually designated by the title of quaint, and...expressed himself out of them. But his wit is not .... a dry faculty of surprising ; on the contrary, his conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped in human...

...Charles Lamb, than whom there could not be a more competent judge. ' The writings of Fuller,' says he, ' are usually designated by the title of quaint, and...expressed himself out of them. But his wit is not always lumen siccum, a dry faculty of surprising; on the contrary, his conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped...

...Charles Lamb, than whom there could not be a more competent judge. " The writings of Fuller," says he, "are usually designated by the title of quaint, and...expressed himself out of them. But his wit is not always lumen siccum, a dry faculty of surprising; on the contrary, his conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped...

...Charles Lamb, than whom there could not be a more competent judge, " The writings of Fuller," says he, " are usually designated by the title of quaint, and...expressed himself out of them. But his wit is not always lumen siccum, a dry faculty of surprising; on the contrary, his conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped...

...Charles Lamb, than whom there could not be a more competent judge. "The writings of Fuller," says he, "are usually designated by the title of quaint, and with sufficient reason ; for such was hie natural bias to conceits that I doubt not, upon most occasions, it would have been going out of...

...age), but natural. " Such was his natural bias to conceits, that I doubt not," says Lamb, " upon such occasions, it would have been going out of his way to have expressed himself out of them." In 1640, we find Fuller in London, in the midst of the strife which ushered in the Civil War. He was...

...age), but natural. " Such was his natural bias to conceits, that I doubt not," says Lamb, " upon such occasions, it would have been going out of his way to have expressed himself out of them." In 1640, we find Fuller in London, in the midst of the strife which ushered in the Civil War. He was...

...pun, a sarcasm, — something witty and winged for a straight flight to the mark. Indeed, Lamb says, " Such was his natural bias to conceits, that I doubt...of his way to have expressed himself out of them." His lively imagination was aided by a marvellous memory. Five hundred words, entirely unconnected,...