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" ... an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : 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 knows not... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the ... - Sivu 474
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Nide 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 sivua
...simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a ^ucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty...consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one «an hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable; being answerable to the numberless...

Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 sivua
...what is strange; sometimes from a crafty wrestling obvious matter to the purpose : often it consists in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly...and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless i-ovings of fancy and windings of language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple...

Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Nide 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 sivua
...look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth only from a...hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from a crafty wrestling obvious matter to the purpose : often it consists in one knows not what, and springeth up...

Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Nide 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 sivua
...look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky...hitting upon what is strange; Sometimes from a crafty Wrestling obvious matter to the purpose : often it consists in one knows not what, and springeth up...

Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Nide 12

John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 sivua
...look or gesture, passeth for it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky...not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. liways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and...

Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Nide 12

John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 sivua
...or gesture, p.isieth for it: sometimes an aflVcted simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous Mir M ness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth only from a lucky...crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consistelh in one knows not what, and springeth up one con hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable...

The Christian Journal, and Literary Register, Nide 5

1821 - 400 sivua
...sometimes an affected simplicity : sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes...crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it oonsisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable,...

A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French, Nide 6

Voltaire - 1824 - 524 sivua
...look or gesture passeth for it. Sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being. Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky...purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and gems (and I do not here include the counterfeits) are very rarely suited to a serious work, — to...

Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a History ..., Nide 1

James Boaden - 1825 - 646 sivua
...' ' it : sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a pre" sumptuous bluntness gives it being — often it consisteth in " one knows not what, and springeth..."answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and wind " ings of language. — It raiseth admiration as signifying a " nimble sagacity of apprehension,...

Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a History ..., Nide 1

James Boaden - 1825 - 650 sivua
...an affected simplicity, sometimes a pre" sumptuous bluntness gives it being — often it consistcth in " one knows not what, and springeth up one can...answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and wind" ings of language. — It raiseth admiration as signifying a " nimble sagacity of apprehension,...




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