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" For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary,... "
A New Dictionary of the English Language ... - Page 442
by Charles Richardson - 1856
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The Spectator: ...

Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...can be found an/ refemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleafant pictures and agreeable vifions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other fide, in feparating carefully one from another, ideas whereincan be found the leaft difference, thereby...
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 5

John Wesley - Biography - 1782 - 728 pages
...can be found any refemblanee or congruity, thereby to make pleafant piftures, and agreeable vifions in the Fancy ^ Judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other fide, in i'eparating carefully, one from another, Ideas, wherein can be found the leaft difference,...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...at doing him a service in this respecl. Besides, wit lying mostly in the assemblage of ideas, and in putting those together with quickness and variety,...wherein can be found any resemblance, or congruity, to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; the writer, who aims at wit, must...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 556 pages
...any refcmblance or conrrruity, thereby to make up pleafant pictures, and agrceK 4 able able vifions in the fancy; judgment on the contrary, lies quite on the other fide, in feparating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the leafl difference ;...
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The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various Subjects

William Jackson - Aesthetics, British - 1798 - 472 pages
...found " any refemblance or congruity, thereby " to make up pleafant pictures and agree " able vifions in the fancy ; judgment, " on the contrary, lies quite on the other " fide, in feparating carefully one from " other ideas, wherein can be found the " leaft difference,...
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The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various Subjects

William Jackson - Aesthetics, British - 1798 - 472 pages
...found " any refemblance or congruity, thereby " to make up pleafant pictures and agree" able vifions in the fancy; judgment, " on the contrary, lies quite on the other " fide, in feparating carefully one from " other ideas, wherein can be found the " leaft difference,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the ..., Volumes 1-3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...be found any refemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleafant pictures, and agreeable vifions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other fide, in feparating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the leaft difference, thereby...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 366 pages
...great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason." For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and...lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 pages
...great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason." For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and...lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the le*st difference, thereby to avoid being misled by...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...a great deal of wit and prompt memories, have not always. the clearest judgment, or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and...and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congniity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the...
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