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" ... make 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 seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale; sometimes it playeth in words and phrases,... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 390
by James Boswell - 1791 - 516 pages
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it 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 a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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Half-hours of translation, or Extracts from the best British and American ...

Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof 18 than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure 19 of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion *• 1 That was, qui fut — s " still (encore)...
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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eves and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it 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 a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it 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 a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1

1865 - 496 pages
...insects (11) on the banks of Nile, (12) 39. Clnmsy. | 40. Slightly informed ; plentiful. | 41. Immature. than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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Selections from the writings of Isaac Barrow

Isaac Barrow - 1866 - 312 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof than to make a...figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite...
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Roses and Holly. A Gift-book for All the Year

Roses - 1867 - 172 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it 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 a fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor, Volume 1

Wayne E. Burton - 1867 - 674 pages
...garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and j udgmcnts, that it 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 fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a " pourtraict " J of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air. Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite...
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