 | William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park - 1842 - 434 頁
...in seasonable application of a trivial saying; sometimes it lurked under an odd similitude, or was lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd imitation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection. Sometimes it was couched in a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 頁
...ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound: sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humourous expression: sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude:...question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, sire of augmenting tnem grows stronger in proportion to the advance in acquisition; aa motion is accelerated... | |
 | 1844 - 671 頁
...sound; sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of luminous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an cdd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question;...a smart answer; in a quirkish reason; in a shrewd imitation; in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorticç an objection; sometimes it is couched in a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 242 頁
...I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man — 'tis that which ive all see and know ; and one better apprehends what...restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a hold scheme of speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole ; in a startling metaphor ; in a plausible... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 頁
...ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude;...shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection. Sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 頁
...ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude...shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 頁
...affinity of their sound : sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression; sometimes it lurkcth under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart ansvrcr, in i quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cuaninirjj diverting, or cleverly retorting... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 頁
...which question I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man — 't is that which we all see and know ; and one better apprehends...question : in a smart answer ; in a quirkish reason ; ill a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection ; sometimes it... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 頁
...make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat Uusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...it is lodged in a sly question ; in a smart answer ; B 2 in a quirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 頁
...Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saving, or in forging an apposite tale ; sometimes it playeth...lodged in a sly question ; in a smart answer ; in a qnirkish reason ; in a shrewd intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection... | |
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... in cunningly 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, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense... 
