...signification? SYDNEY SMITH (1845): Now this notion of wit, — that it consists in putting those ideas together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, in order to excite pleasure in the mind, — is a little too comprehensive, for it comprehends both...

...exalted ferments." Locke describes wit as "lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas, and patting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to makeup pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." Addison adds to this definition...

...exalted ferments." Locke describes wit as "lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congrnity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." Addison adds to...

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...clearest judgment or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those they perceive Indulged in vain. Some to the holly-hedge Nestling repair, and cimgruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the...

...Service in this Respect. Besides, Wit lying mostly in the Assemblage of Ideas, and in the putting Those together with Quickness and Variety, wherein can be found any Resemblance, or Congruity, to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the Fancy ; the Writer, who aims at Wit, must...

...most in the «xsemblage of ideas, and putting those together ivitli quickness and niriety, tvherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pidures and agreeable visions in the fancy. Addison führt Lockes Erklärung von „wit und judgement"...

...of wit and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting them...resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant picture* and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment on the contrary lies quite on the other side,...

...of wit and prompt memories, ban not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting them...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congniity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment on the...

...excitation." . * Locke describes wit "as lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant and agreeable visions in the fancy." Schopenhauer (The World as Will and...