10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTIC WIT»
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Attic wit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Letters of Junius: With Notes and Illustrations, ...
Many applications have been made to the ministry wit of Junius, and that which
both the ancients and well-informed moderns have distinguished by the
appellation of Attic wit. If I mistake not, we possess the most genuine examples of
the true ...
Junius (pseud.), Robert Heron, 1804
2
Aristophanes, Being a Classic Collection of True
Attic Wit, ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
BiblioBazaar, Multiple Contributors, 2010
3
The Cabinet of True
Attic Wit: Or Aldermen's Jokes ...
A documentary on black folklore.
Multiple Contributors, 2010
I have also heard some persons call the Spectator an example of attic wit. It is just
as much Esquimaux wit as attic wit. It merely resembles the attic style, which is a
very different affair from the attic wit. There is no defining wit. It is variable as a ...
5
The Letters of Junius: Stat Nominis Umbra
But, unfortunately for you, the premises, same species, can be more remarkably
unlike tp each other, than the wit of Junius, and that which both the ancients and
well-informed moderns have distinguished by the appellation of Attic wit.
Junius, Robert Heron, 1804
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Attic Wit; Or, a Medley of Humour: Containing an Agreeable ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
BiblioBazaar, Multiple Contributors, 2010
57 Lepos Atticus, Eloquentia Attica Attic wit, Attic eloquence Among other
peoples of Greece, it is to the people of Attica that a special native wit and
humour is ascribed, to such an extent that 'Attic wit' and 'Attic eloquence' have
become a ...
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The Letters of Junius. With Notes and Illustrations; ...
... distingul'shed by the appellation of Allie u-z't. If I mistake not, we possess the
most genuine examples of the true Attic wit in the conversations of Socrates,
related by Xenophon, and in 'the imitations [of the Comedies of Menander by
Terence ...
9
Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer Under Other ...
No two things of the same species can be more unlike than the wit of Junius and
that which both the ancients and well-informed moderns have distinguished by
the appellation of Attic wit. A delicate propriety that pollutes itself with no ...
Junius, John Wade, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1850
10
The Beauties and Maxims of Junius and his correspondents. ...
ATTIC WIT—NOT ALWAYS GENUINE. I give you full credit for your elegant
diction, well turnedgperiods, and attic wit: but . wit is oftentimes false, though it
may appear brilliant; which is exactly the case of your whole performance.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTIC WIT»
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Attic wit is used in the context of the following news items.
The National Anthem – and some other modest proposals
For those of you who are still here and patiently plodding through to the salty end, here's one more titbit of Attic wit. Since we're trashing the unimportant national ... «Sunday Times.lk, Dec 10»
Beck Center's delectable 'My Fair Lady' leads 3 hymns to him
Rougishly mutton-chopped Dana Hart turns on all his considerable charms and attic wit as Pickering. And Cleveland stalwart George Roth ... «Plain Dealer, Sep 10»
