 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 668 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quiekress of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him : together with a lively... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit,, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him : together with a lively... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit and reach of wit more than vulgar. It seemeth to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar: it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dexterously accommodate them to a purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar ; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill that he can dexterously accommodate them to a purpose before him ; together with a lively briskness... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...invention, a vivar.ity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him ; together with a lively... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1854 - 436 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit and reach of wit more than vulgar. It seemeth to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote 'conceits applicable ; a notable skill, that he can dexterously accommodate them to the purpose before him, together with a lively briskness... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 980 pages
...invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable ; a notable skill that he can dextrously accommodate them to a purpate before him, together with a lively briskness... | |
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It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar; it seeming to argue a rare quickness of parts, that one can fetch in remote conceits applicable;... 
