 Tis that which we all see and know." Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously...  Gentleman's Magazine - Page 471838Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a tiiing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes,...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that i i ~"""°•^ no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...can inform him by description. It is indcol i thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so mast shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several cjcs and judgments, that it seemcth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...heaven— hid by the veil of custom and the scnsas— these are alive all around us.— The Token. WIT. Wit Is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing...certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of I'rotous. or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in apt allusion to a known... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 pages
...and know; and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing...seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...know : and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing...seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or lo define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...and know: and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing...eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to setUe a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...and the sens«s — theie are alive all around us. — The Token. HOGG'S WEEKLY INSTRUCTOR. WIT. Wit is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, BO many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pages
...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...so subtle, so " versatile, and so multiform, — appearing in so many "shapes, so many postures, and so many garbs, — so " variously apprehended by several...that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and cer" tain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, " or to define the figure of the fleeting... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 420 pages
...so subtile, so versatile, and so multiform, — appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, and so many garbs, — so variously apprehended by several...Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometime it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying,... | |
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