 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it those sentences were understood by the reader, with the game emphasis as they are delivered by the a The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears... | |
 | William Bolles - English language - 1846 - 720 pages
...Pun, pon', n. an equivocation, a quibble ; an expression where a word has at once different meanings ; a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. Pun, p8n', vi. to quibble ; to use the same word at once in different Punned, p8n'd, pp. [senses. Punning,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...punning: having perused the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, 1 shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language: if it bears... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...even when dropped by chance, springs up into a flower. — Sigourney. WIT AND PUNNING. — Punning is a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | 1853 - 524 pages
...the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a "•onceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1854 - 618 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a No. 62.] SPECTATOR. 181 conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...with either of them, because they are Whigs or Tories, but bedause they are anagrams and acrosties. conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...punning. Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfal, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way, therefore, to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language : if it... | |
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I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears the test, you may pronounce... 
