 ... make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases,...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 3381790Full view - About this book
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of a fleeting air." The doctor then proceeds to describe it, and concludes by saying, that " often it... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1857 - 516 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in PAT ALLUSION to a known, story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 520 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and jndgments, that it secmeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in PAT ALLUSION to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 494 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 532 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in a pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 574 pages
...seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Froteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in PAT ALLUSION to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1858 - 584 pages
...variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle upon a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the floating air. Thus far, according to our author, the case would seem to be trulyhopeless, yet he concludes... | |
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