...simple and plain way, (such as reason teacheth and proveth things by,) which by a pretty surprizing uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more tban vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable;...

...indulgence. " Humour," says an old writer, "is a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit...it some wonder and breeding some delight thereto." But this is not all. The humourist is not to be put down as one who can have no higher power or mission...

...would be thought facetious ; but if, according to Isaac Barrow's definition, facetiousness implies - a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity...vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar,' we think Mr. Bristed's humour has not the true marks. We do not discover in his writing any of that...

...language. It is, in short, a manner of speakingout of the simple andplain way (such as reason tcacheth and proveth things by), which, by a pretty surprising...uncouthness in conceit or expression, doth affect and amuse tho fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. It raiseth admiration, as...

...of the simple and plain way, which by a pretty surprising strangeness in conceit or expression did affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder and breeding some delight thereto, gratifying curiosity with its rareness, diverting the mind from its road of tiresome, thoughts, and...