 ... 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: sometimes...  Once a Week - Página 5211871Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Burnett - 1807
...it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quifkish reason) in a shrewd intimation, tri cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection...reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things ; a counterfeit speech; a inimical look... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807
...it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, hi cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection...in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in aqute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807
...under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting...bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyberbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807
...it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in aquirkith reason, in a shrewd intimation, 1ft cunningly diverting, or cleverly' retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme 6f speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole ; in a Startling metaphor; in a plausible reconciling... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807
...it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, Iil cunningly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme *bf speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole ; in a startling metaphor; in a plausible reconciling... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813
...under an odd similitude : sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a qnirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting...reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813
...lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunnmgly diverting, or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes...reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things ; a counterfeit speech; a mimical look or... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819
...answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly relortiug an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme...startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictious, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit... | |
 | John Nichols - 1817
...intimation, in diverting, or in retorting " an objection. VOL. i. I " Sometimes " Sometimes it is to be found in a bold scheme " of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, or " startling metaphor, in a colourable reconcilement " of contradictions, or in acute nonsense*.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1819 - 343 páginas
...intimation ; in cunningly diverting or cleverly restoring an objection : sometimes it is couched in a hold scheme of speech ; in a tart irony ; in a lusty hyperbole...reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a inimical look or... | |
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