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... The Principles of Psychology - الصفحة 480بواسطة William James - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 704عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...Nature to advantage dress'd ; #c.] This definition is very exact. Mr. Locke had defined wit to consist " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together,...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great philosopher,... | |
| 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 788
...memories, have not always the clearest judgment, or deepest reason." For wit lying most in the as! semblage 肀 t "f 1822 9Published by Hickman and Hazzard. Willi anyi resemblance or congruity, ' thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in tho... | |
| 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...That men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgement, or deepest reason.' For wit lying most in the assemblage...pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgement, on the contrary, lies quite on- the other side, in separating carefully one from another,... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 884
...That men who have a. great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgement, or deepest reason.' For wit lying most in the assemblage...pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgement, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 418
...thought, is that only which is taken notice of by Addison, following Locke, who defines it " to lie in the assemblage of ideas ; and " putting those together,...thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable vi" sions in the fancy."* It may be defined more concisely, and perhaps more accurately, " A junction... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind, 300 NOTES. " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together,...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great Philosopher,... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 400
...Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find. That gives us back the image of our mind, 300 NOTES. " in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together,...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, whereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." But that great Philosopher,... | |
| John Mason Good - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 700
...observation, that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgement or deepest reason. For wit lying most in the assemblage...pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgement, on the contrary lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another,... | |
| 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...first in order, and first in rank, wit in the thought. This has been defined by Mr. Locke,* "to lie in the assemblage of ideas; and putting those together,...pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy." With all due deference to Mr. Locke's authority, high as it undoubtedly is, on every subject to which... | |
| Erasmus Darwin - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 114
...humanity. Potish'd wit bestows, 1. 309. Mr. Locke defines wit to consist of an assemblage of ideas, brought together with quickness and variety, wherein can be...pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy. To which Mr. Addison adds, that these must occasion surprise as well as delight ; Spectator, Vol. I.... | |
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