 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...affinity of their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation, of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...answer ; in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 246 pages
...answer ; in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 242 pages
...intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a hold scheme of speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...diverting, or cleverly retorting an objectiou: sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in » tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictious, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a sccnical representation of persons or things, a... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...answer ; in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...of contradictions ; or in acute nonsense. Sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 pages
...answer ; in a qnirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...of contradictions ; or in acute nonsense. Sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...answer ; in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...of contradictions ; or in acute nonsense. Sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold schcmeof speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or gesture passetti... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyoerbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling...of contradictions, or in acute nonsense; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth... | |
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Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting... 
