 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 pages
...knowledge enough tc fill up bis part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand be tween him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarae. A position... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 414 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with "both hands, "but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand "between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 424 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands, but he's...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick... | |
 | John Forster - 1858 - 488 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has ' in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner ' with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he ' has a great range for wit ; he never lets truth stand between him ' and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse." A position... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pages
...he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a comer with both hands : but he 's gone, sir, when you think you have got him — like...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up bin part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escnpe. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...you think you have got him— like an animal that jump* over your head. Then he lias a great range for wit ; he never lets truth ttand between him and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...has a great range for his wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is under many restraints from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...has a great range for his wit ; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is under many restraints from... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pages
...knowledge enough to fill up his part One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner with both hands ; but...jumps over your head. Then he has a great range for wit; he never lets truth stand between him and a jest, and he is sometimes mighty coarse. Garrick is... | |
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But he has wit too, and is not deficient in ideas, or in fertility and variety of imagery, and not empty of reading; he has knowledge enough to fill up his part. One species of wit he has in an eminent degree, that of escape. You drive him into a corner... 
