 If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think that Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper. It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject than what that author has made use of in...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3351854Full view - About this book
 | Richard Pape Cowl - 1914 - 346 pages
...in general. Wit, as he defines it, is " a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject." If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think...Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 pages
...writing in general. Wit, as he defines it, is "a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject." If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think...Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper : it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1915 - 710 pages
...in general, Wit, as he defines it, is ' a Propriety of Words and Thoughts adapted to the Sub' ject' If this be a true Definition of Wit, I am apt to think...that Euclid was the greatest Wit that ever set Pen to Papers It is certain that never was a greater Propriety of Words and Thoughts adapted to the Subject,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1917 - 648 pages
...in general. Wit, as he defines it, is " a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject." If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think...Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper: it is certain that never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than... | |
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