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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 113
by James Boswell - 1820
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 18

English literature - 1790 - 542 pages
...icemeth no Icfs hard to. fetde a clesr and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pr.t al Union to a known ftory, or in feafonnhle application of a tiivial faying, or in terming an...
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Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present ..., Volume 2

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 418 pages
...no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to ** make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the " figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth " in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable " application of a trivial faying, or in forging an ""...
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Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ...

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 536 pages
...lefs ** hard to fettle a clear and certain notion ** thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, " or to define the figure of the fleeting air. ** Sometimes it lieth in pat allufion to a known v ftory, or in feafonable application of a trivial f* faying, or in forging an...
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The New England Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

1802 - 308 pages
...feemeth no lefs hard to fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allulion to a known ftory, or in feafonable application of a trivial ikying, or in forging an appofite...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...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 the fleeting air. Sometimes...words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity oftheir sense, or the affinity of their sound. Sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...seemeth no less Lard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes...seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging ah' apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 546 pages
...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 the fleeting air. Sometimes...saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playrth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 12

John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it in ih in pat allusion to a known story, or in a seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in...ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound : somelima it is wrapped in a dress of humoroui expression, sometimes it lufketh under an odd similitude...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 12

John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 pages
...seemcth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than :o male 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 a sea* sonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth...
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The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, Volume 1

Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1818 - 584 pages
...feemeth no lefs hard to fettle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable application of VOL. i. x SERM. a trivial faying, or in...
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