 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
 | A. Meserole - 1896 - 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...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... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 490 pages
...wit . . . is only this: that it is a propriety of thoughts and words ; or, in other terms, thoughts true definition of wit, I am apt to think that Euclid was 1 the greatest wit that ever set pen to paper : it is certain there never was a greater propriety of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 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... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...writing in general. Wit, as he defines it, ii 'a propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the Hibject.' or : it is certain there never was a greater propriety <>l words and thoughts adapted to the subject than... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pages
...of wit od writing in general. \Vit, as he defines it, >priety of words and thoughts adapted to the it Euclid was the greatest wit that ever set pen : it is certain there never was a greater propriety... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 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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