 Tis that which we all see and know." Any one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 5071871Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1790 - 542 Seiten
...apprehended by i'cvenlcyes and judgments, that it 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... | |
 | William Seward - 1795 - 684 Seiten
...feveral eyes •' and judgments, that it fesmeth no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to " make a. portrait of Proteus, or to define the t: figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth " in pat allufion to a known ftory, or in feafonable... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 418 Seiten
...by feveral eyes " and judgments, that it feemeth no lefs hard to " fettle a clear and certain notion thereof than to ** make a portrait of Proteus, or...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... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 Seiten
...by feveral eyes " and judgments, that it 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 ajj. Sometimes it lieth /* in pat allufion to a known flory, or in feafonable " application of a trivial... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 536 Seiten
...feveral " eyes and judgments, that it 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 v ftory, or in feafonable application of a trivial f* faying, or in... | |
 | 1802 - 308 Seiten
...apprehended by feveral eyes and judgments, -that it 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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 Seiten
...acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs,...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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 Seiten
...acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs,...several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less Lard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 Seiten
...acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs,...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seem-1 eth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 Seiten
...than I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgements, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make... | |
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