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" For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary,... "
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 132
by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pages
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 12

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...is just the contrary of judgment, which consists in the separating carefully from one another, such ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and affinity, to take one thinj; for another. It is the metaphor and allusion, wherein, for the most part,...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 12

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...is just the contrary of judgment, which consists in the separating carefully from one another, such ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and affinity, to take one thing for another. It is the metaphor and allusion, wherein, for the most part,...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...resemblance or congruity, ' thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in tho iancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one fronV another, ideas wherein can be found the least dif'erence, thereby to avoid being misled by simili:ude...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 1

John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 388 pages
...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies...misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

English essays - 1823 - 406 pages
...or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgement, on the contrary, lies quite on- the other side, in...misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. * Dressed she is beautiful, undressed she is Beauty's self. This is a way of proceeding...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgement, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in...misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for "another. Dressed she is beautiful, undressed she is Beauty's self. This is a way of proceeding...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 pages
...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies...misled by similitude: and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion; wherein, for...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 2

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 284 pages
...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies...misled by similitude: and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion; wherein, for...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. analysis ...

John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary,...misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another. This is a way of proceeding quite contrary to metaphor and allusion, wherein for...
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The Study of Medicine, Volume 4

John Mason Good - Medicine - 1825 - 700 pages
...resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgement, on the contrary lies quite on the other side, in separating...from another, ideas wherein can be found the least differ* PhysiognomonicaJ System, &r. p. 144. 8vo. 1816. GIN. I. Sntc. I. £cphronifu Melancholia. Melancholy....
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