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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...me, loud enough for Dr. Johnson to hear, " Dr. Johnson should make me a present in a lusty hyberbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling...sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Volume 4

James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...me, loud enough for Dr. Johnson to hear, " Dr. Johnson should make me a present in a lusty hyberbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimioal look or gesture, passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous...
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The Christian Journal, and Literary Register, Volume 5

1821 - 400 pages
...diverting, or cleverly retorting, an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart .irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling...contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a apenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a miinical look oj gesture, passetlj...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 506 pages
...diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pages
...diverting or cleverly retorting an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or gesture, passe tb for it: sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being:...
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A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French, Volume 6

Voltaire - 1824 - 524 pages
...diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it. Sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor,...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose...
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Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a ..., Volume 1

James Boaden - 1825 - 646 pages
...metaphor ; in a plausible " reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : some•• times a scenical representation of persons or things, a...it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a pre" sumptuous bluntness gives it being — often it consisteth in " one knows not what, and springeth...
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