 ... 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
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...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,...hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible Wit— Bug. 145 reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation... | |
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...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, or cleverly retorting an objection ;—some" times it is coached in a bold scheme of speech, in a " tart irony, a lusty hyperbole, a startling... | |
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...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,...couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, a lusty hyperbole, a startling metaphor, a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense... | |
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...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...reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical look or... | |
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