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" 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 335
1854
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 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 there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 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 there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 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 there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 36

British essayists - 1819 - 340 pages
...writing in general. Wit, as he defines it, is ' a propriety of words andthoughts adapted to the subject.' If this be a true definition of wit, I am apt to think that Euclid was B 3 the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper. It is certain there never was a greater propriety...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

1822 - 788 pages
...general. Wit, as he defines it, is • a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject." It on. T^he military part of his life has furnished him...adventures, in the relation of which he is very a It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 450 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 that Euclid was cc 3 the greatest wit that ever, set pen to paper. It is certain there never was a greater propriety...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 2

1824 - 284 pages
...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 there, never was a greater propriety of words and 43 THE SPECTATOR. No. 62. thoughts...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 pages
...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 there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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A second selection from the papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian ...

Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 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 there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject, than...
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The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 932 pages
...writing in general. Wit, as he defines it, is ' a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject" ies which he pretends for his mistress, his country, or his friends, one may see by his action, t put pen to paper. It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adaptea to...
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