 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 pages
...of is ? Or what this facetiousness (or wit, as he calls it before) doth import ? To which questions I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man, ' "Pis that which we all see and know.' Anyone better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1908 - 570 pages
...What II Wit? — First, it may be demanded what the thing ic we speak of, or what this facetiousness doth import ? To which question I might reply as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man : a 'Tis that which we all see and know.» Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1910 - 548 pages
...of 1s ? Or what this facet1ousness (or wit, as he calls it before,) doth import ? To which questions I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked...which we all see and know.' Any one better apprehends whit it is by acquaintance, that I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thing so versatile... | |
 | English language - 1911 - 200 pages
...ISAAC BARROW But first it may be demanded what the thing we speak of is, or what his facetiousness doth import? To which question I might reply as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man, It is that which we all see and know; any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English literature - 1912 - 788 pages
...to perform. But first it may be demanded, what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import ? To which question I might reply, as...Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man, It is that which we all see and know : any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - Wit and humor - 1923 - 804 pages
...century. " It may be demanded," says he, " what the thing we speak of is, and what this facetiousness doth import; to which question I might reply, as Democritus...of a man — 'Tis that which we all see and know! and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is indeed... | |
 | English literature - 1912 - 576 pages
...Hazlitt. ' But first it may be demanded, what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import ; to which question I might reply, as...definition of a man — 'tis that which we all see and know ; and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is,... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...subject. He says, "But first it may be demanded, what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import; to which question I might reply, as Democritus...of a man — 'tis that which we all see and know; and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed,... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...despitefully of this innocent and dignified amusement. But now we are on the subject, what is wit?" Nescio. " To which question I might reply, as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man—'tis that which we all see and know.' Such is the language of Barrow, the celebrated divine;... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1859 - 888 pages
...Jesting : " But first, it may be demanded what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import ? To which question I might reply as Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man, It is that which we all see and know : any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I... | |
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Democritus did to him that asked the definition of a man — 'tis that 'which we all see and know ; and one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance, than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing... 
