 | Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 sider
...definition of Wit, lauded by Addison, is a plagiarism from Montaigne. The English philosopher asserts that " men who have 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 putting those... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 sider
...Irving. WIT AND JUDGMENT. And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason for that common observation that men who have 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 putting those... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 sider
...Irving. WIT AND JUDGMENT. And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason for that common observation that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason. For wit lying most in thy assemblage of ideas, and putting those... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 sider
...the ' Essay.' " Hence, perhaps," says Locke, " may be given some reason of that common observation, ' That men who have 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 putting those... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 sider
...His words are as follow: ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have 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 putting those... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 sider
...His words are as follow : ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have 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 putting those... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1876 - 474 sider
...in one man above another. And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have , a great deal of wit and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason. For wit lying mostly in the i^ assemblage of ideas, and putting... | |
 | Robert Cleary - 1878 - 240 sider
...reason and judgment to be disturbed or misled. How does Locke account for the " common observation " that men who have a great deal of wit and prompt memories have not always the clearest judgment or the deepest reason ? — He shows that these qualities respectively depend on... | |
 | Theodor Vetter - 1887 - 94 sider
...weniger guten Witz hat er>; offenbar wiederum Anlehnung an den Spectator (62), welcher aus LOCRE zitirt: <Men, who have a great deal of Wit and prompt Memories, have not always the clearest Judgment, or deepest Reason.> Da die Zürcher LOCRE kennen, so ist natürlich auch möglich,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 sider
...the ' Essay.' " Hence, perhaps," says Locke, " may be given some reason of that common observation, ' That men who have 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 putting those... | |
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And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have 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 putting those... 
