 But wit, abstracted from its effects upon the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike.  the edinburgh review, of critical journal - Page 366by charles black - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...hearer, may be more vigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of dis- 45 cordia concors — a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus a8, 29. Pope . . . rxpn,nsitd. The exact words of Pope are in the following couplet from... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 pages
...one point of view, wit, as Dr. Johnson says, ' may be considered as a kind ofdiscordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit thus defined they [Donne and his followers] have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas... | |
 | James McCosh - 1880 - 296 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike." It certainly often arises from the discovery of some unexpected resemblance or relation between things... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently uulike. Of wit thus defined they " (the metaphysical school) "have more than enough. The most heterogeneous... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...hearer, maybe more vigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of dis-^ cordia concors — a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus 28, 29. Popc . . . exprensed. The exact words of Pope are in the following couplet from... | |
 | James McCosh - 1887 - 292 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors, a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike." It certainly often arises from the discovery of some unexpected resemblance or relation between things... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concore; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 286 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - 1893 - 284 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concurs ; a combination of dissimilar images, or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus denned, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 704 pages
...the hearer, may be more rigorously and philosophically considered as a kind of discordia concors; a combination of dissimilar images or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike. Of wit, thus defined, they have more than enough. The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence... | |
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