... mystery of the ineffable. The ends of wit extended from
wisdom of living in the world to wonder about the world they live.
Living by our Wits
Wit is a word with an astonishing ancient and widespread ... use our wits, culminating with
inquiry into the nature of things we encounter, and with the nature of all
things.
As the Greek experience developed, the family of terms associated...
... it in his ear.“
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BARNEY MCGEE
BY RICHARD HOVEY
Barney McGee, there‘s no end of good luck in you,
Will-o‘-the-wisp, with a flicker of Puck ...
Once at the bar where you happened to be—
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Every eye there like a spoke in you centering,
You with your eloquence, blarney, and bantering—
Al...