...ob'ferved in one man above another. And hence perhaps may be given fome reafon of that common obfervation, that men, who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the cleared judgment, or deeped reafon ; for wit lying moft in the aflemblage -of ideas, and putting thofe...

...obferved in one man above another. And hence perhaps may be given fome reafon of that common obfervation, that men, who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the cleared judgment, or deepeft reafon ; for tuit lying moft in the aflemblage of ideas, and putting thofe...

...talents of the same parson. His words are as follow : ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have a great...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...

...talents of the same person. His words are as follow: ' And ' hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that * common observation, that men who have a...putting ' those together with quickness and variety, vvhere' in can be found any resemblance or congruity, thero ' by to rffeke up pleasant pictures and...

...humanity. Polish'd wit bestous, 1. 309. Mr. Locke defines wit to consist of an assemblage of ideas, brought together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to makeup pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy. To which Mr. Addison adds, that these...

...reason, which is to be observed in one man above another. And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men, who have a great...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, (hereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agree.!/• /. ment. K 4 abl« able visions in the fancy;...

...series of high and exalted ferments.' Mr. Locke's notion is, that it ' consists in putting those ideas together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, in order to excite pleasure in the mind' — a definition that includes both eloquence and poetry....

...doing him a service in this respect. _ Besides, ivit, 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...

...given us tlie best account of wit in short that can any where be met with. " Wit," says he, " lies in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, whereцп can be found any resemblance or congiuity, thereby to makf up pleasant pictures and agreeable...

...talents of the same person. His word« are as follow : ' And hence, perhaps, may be given some reason of that common observation, " That men who have a...found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up ileasatit pictures, and agreeable visions in the ancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on he...