 Wit, which is at once natural and new, that which, though not obvious, is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how he missed; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have seldom risen.  The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ... - Page xii1801Full view - About this book
 | 1998 - 262 pages
...función descriptiva de la lengua. Según Johnson, refleja una percepción correcta de la realidad: "that which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious, is upon its first production acknowledged to be just..." Es una reacción al lenguaje y al discurso de los grandes... | |
 | José Garcez Ghirardi - Criticism - 2000 - 154 pages
...juízos, que se deveria objeção: "If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 238 pages
...formulate his thought about wit: If by a more noble and more adequate conception that be considered as Wit which is at once natural and new, that which though not obvious is, upon its first production, acknowledged to be just; if it be that, which he that never found it, wonders how... | |
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