 | William Temple - Europe - 1731 - 506 pages
...calls the Followers or Votaries of them by feveral Names of bufy and of idle Men, but diftinguiihes the Faculties of the Mind that are converfant about...Word that is ufed to exprefs what the Spaniards and Italian! call Ingenio, and the French Efprit, both from the Latin ; but I think Wit more peculiarly... | |
 | William Temple - Europe - 1757 - 564 pages
...calls the followers or votaries of them by feveral names of bufy and of idle men, but diftinguifhes the faculties of the mind that are converfant about...Spaniards and Italians call Ingenio, and the French Efprit, both from the Latin ; but I think wit more pe culiarly fignifies that of poetry, as may occur... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1787 - 482 pages
...them " by the feveral names of Bufy and Idle Men; ?c but diftinguifhes the faculties of the mind, ?c that are converfant about them, calling the " operations...; and of the " other, Wit; which is a Saxon word, ufed toi tc exprefs what the Spaniards and Italians call " Ingenio, and the French, Efprit, both from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 416 pages
...calls the followers or votaries of them by the feveral " names of bufy and idle men ; but diftinguifhes the faculties " of the mind, that are converfant about them, calling the op" erations of the firft, wifdom ; and of the other, wit $ which " is a Saxon word, ufed to exprefs... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...them, calling the operations of the firft, IVifdom ; and of the other, Wit ; which is a Saxon word, ufed to exprefs what the Spaniards and Italians call Ingenio, and the French Efprit, both from the Latin, though I think wit more particularly fignifies that of poetry, as may... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...op" erations of the first, wisdom ; and of the other, wit ; which *' is a Saxon word, used to express what the Spaniards and *' Italians call Ingenio, and the French, esprit, both from the *' Latin ; though I think wit more particularly signifies that of " poetry, as may occur in remarks on the Runic... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1809 - 442 pages
...feveral names of Bufy and Idle Men ; but diftin" guifhes the faculties of the mind, that are con" verfant about them, calling the operations of " the firft,...; and of the other, Wit ; " which is a Saxon word ufed to exprefs what the " Spaniards and Italians calls Ingenio, and the " French Efprit, both from... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 352 pages
...the operations of the first, Wisdom ; and of the other, Wit ; which is a Saxon word, used to express what the Spaniards and Italians call Ingenio, and the French Esprit, both from the Latin, though I think wit more particularly signifies that of poetry, as may occur in remarks on the Runic... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...calling the operations of the first wisdom, and of the other wit, which is a Saxon word, used to express what the Spaniards and Italians call ingenio, and the French esprit, both from the Latin ; though I think wit more particularly signifies that of poetry, as may occur in remarks on the •Runic... | |
 | Sir William Temple - Europe - 1814 - 580 pages
...other Wit, which is a Saxon word that is used to express what the Spaniards and Italians call Ingeniot and the French Esprit, both from the Latin ; but I think wit more peculiarly signifies that of poetry, as may occur upon remarks of the Runic language. To the first of these are... | |
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... idle men, but distinguishes the faculties of the mind that are conversant about them, calling the operations of the first Wisdom, and of the other Wit, which is a Saxon word that is used to express what the Spaniards and Italians call Ingenio, and... 
