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" ... 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 : sometimes a scenical representation, of persons... "
The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - Page 382
by James Boswell - 1821
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The theological works of Isaac Barrow, ed. by A. Napier, Volume 2

Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 584 pages
...nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being: sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose:...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1859 - 472 pages
...nonsense; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a 1nimical look or gesture, passeth for it ; sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it rlseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter...
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The opuscula; poemata; two dissertations; sermons &c. attributed to Barrow ...

Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 888 pages
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being : sometimes it riaeth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1859 - 320 pages
...nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture, passeth for it; sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, givcth it being; sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from...
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The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic ...

William Evans Burton - 1859 - 690 pages
...nonsense. Sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or gesture, passeth for it. Sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, gives it being. Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ; sometimes from...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it: sometimes an affected simplicity, sometimes a pro sumptuous btuntnCSSt g-iveth it being : sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting Upoo w}lat jg...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 698 pages
...sometimes an affected simplicity: sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes...purpose : often it consisteth in one knows not what, and epriugeth up one can hardly tell how." "True ml ii like the brilliant (tone Dag from the Indian mine;...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1860 - 538 pages
...persons or things, a counterfeit speeeh, a mimio look or gesture, passeth for it. Sometimes an affeeted simplicity, sometimes a presumptuous bluntness, giveth...lucky hitting upon what is strange; sometimes from a craf>y wresting of obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth of one knows not what, and springeth...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 912 pages
...nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or gesture passeth for it : sometimes an affected...presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 710 pages
...sometimes an affected simplicity : sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being ; sometimes it riseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes...wresting obvious matter to the purpose : often it consistcth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how." "True ml is like the brilliant...
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