 | George Harris - Human beings - 1876 - 588 pages
...produce a pleasant surprise." — Mental Physiology, b. ii. c. xii. 3 Punning is defined by AdcJison to be "a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in sound, but differ in the sense." — Spectator. 4 Holies lays it down that judgment without fancy is... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 698 pages
...PUN. A pun has been defined by Addison (' Spectator,' No. Cl) to be ' a conceit arising from the nse of two words that agree in the sound but differ in...employment of only one word, which is susceptible of a doable application, as when one who had undertaken to pan upon any subject that should be given him,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 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 bears... | |
 | Globe encyclopaedia - 1879 - 642 pages
...point or witticism,' and Old Eng. punían, ' to bruise ') is defined by Addison (Spectator, No.6l) as 'a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound but differ in the sense.' It constitutes, according to Wendell Holmes, the crime of ' verbicide, ie, violent treatment of a word... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 670 pages
...(variously derived from the Old English pttnian, to bruise, and the French point/, a point or witticism) has been defined by Addison (Spectator, No. 61) to...sound, but differ in the sense. Sometimes, however, the pan is effected by the employment of only one word, which is susceptible of a double application, as... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1894 - 572 pages
...Having pursued the history of a pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be 40 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... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Human information processing - 1894 - 824 pages
...mere play on words, which is known as "puuning;" this being, according to the definition of Addison, " a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in sound but differ in the sense," or, as might be said in certain cases, use of the same wordin two different... | |
 | Catholic universities and colleges - 1910 - 748 pages
...tho' dabblings double. No bubble as before. John H. Hearley, 'JJ. PUN has been defined by Addison as "a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in sound but differ in sense." Some, however, may prefer the definition given by Barrow, who, in his famed... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 pages
...pun, from its original to its downfall, I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the nse 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... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 478 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... | |
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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... 
