 | James Boswell - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 584
...apprehends what it is by acquaintance, that I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thin;; so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 584
...apprehends what it is by acquaintance, that I can inform him by description. It is, indeed, a thin™ *o versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...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...seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notice thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...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...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemed no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 784
...better apprehends this by acquaintance than I oan inform him by description. It is a thing, indeed, so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, BO many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it geemeth no less hard... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...and jesting gives the following definition of wit : — " Wit is indeed," says this great Divine, " a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so...that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and settled notion thereof than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...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...shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously approhended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...than I can inform him by description. It is indeed a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in sc many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemetb no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 582
...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...apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemcth no less hard to settle a clear nnd certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 576
...one better apprehends what it is by acquaintance than I can inform him by description. It is indeed or limited. And consequently, as man depends absolutely...should, in all points, conform to his Maker's wil seeincth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Protcus,... | |
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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... 
