...humor springs up exuberantly as from a fountain, and runs on."* Mr. Leigh Hunt, again, pronounces wit to be the " arbitrary juxtaposition of dissimilar...for some lively purpose of assimilation or contrast, or both; and humor, a tendencv of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling, more...

...accounts, or unmodified by graver considerations, laughter is their usual result and happy ratification. The nature of Wit, therefore, has been well ascertained....their own sakes in any light apart from their ordinary prosaical one, but solely for the purpose of producing an effect by their combination. Poetry may take...

...them very grave and important ; but in the popular and prevailing sense of the term (an ascendency which it has usurped, by the help of fashion, over...their own sakes in any light apart from their ordinary prosaical one, but solely for the purpose of producing an effect by their combination. Poetry may take...

...or Perception itself), Wit may be defined to be the Arbitrary Juxtaposition of Dissimilar Ideas, fur some lively purpose of Assimilation or Contrast, generally...their own sakes in any light apart from their ordinary prosaical one, but solely for the purpose of producing an effect by their combination. Poetry may take...

...them very grave and important ; but in the popular and prevailing sense of the term (an ascendency which it has usurped, by the help of fashion, over...purpose of Assimilation or Contrast, generally of loth. It is fancy in its most wilful, and strictly speaking, its least poetical state ; that is to...

...fashion, over that of the intellectual faculty, or pereeption itself), wit maybe defined to be tfie arbitrary juxtaposition of dissimilar ideas, for some lively purpose of assimilation or contrast, ifenmtlly of loth. It is fancy in its most wilful, and strictly speaking, its least poetical state...

...would imply somewhat of a sneer, as an ingredient, proceeds to the definition of wit and humour. " Wit may be defined to be the arbitrary juxtaposition...say, wit does not contemplate its ideas for their own sskes in any light apart from their ordinary prosaical one, but solely for the purpose of producing...

...thousand-and-one forms under which wit and humour lurk. But we must begin with a definition of terms. " Wit may be defined to be the arbitrary juxtaposition...assimilation or contrast — generally of both. It is the faculty that brings to light hidden affinities between opposites; lurking resemblances between...

...difficulty ; and turns the help into a compliment, by implying our participation in the process. • » * Wit may be defined to be the Arbitrary Juxtaposition of Dissimilar Ideas, for some Ih-ely purpose of Assimilation or Contrast. generally of both. It is fancy in its most wilful, and...

...Definitionen unb íegrünbrt bann bie eigenen, ná'mlicfy für SBijj: The arbitrary juxta- position of dissimilar ideas, for some lively purpose of assimilation or contrast, generally for foth; — ferner für фитог: A tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought...