THE BEE, 



I'fr'ERARr JFEEKLT INIELLIGENCKR, 



WEDNESDAY, November 2, 179 1. 



ON \V,1T. 

 [Competition Picct-.] 



To the Editor of the Bfcy ■ 



'• Till re arc whom Hcav'n liath blcft '.^kHftorcs of Wit;" rdrr. 



Sir, 



(^ooD definitions are the necefuiry foundation of ;iU 

 accuracy of conception, and julbieft of arsrumenf. 

 AVhcther Wit may properly be called the knowledge 

 of caufcs, relations, and effeclis; whether, with the poet 4 

 \ve are to fay it confilts in exprcfuon, or with Mr 

 Ijocke, that it is the art of diflinguiihing refemblances 

 in objects which dilTcr from each other, I ilwUnot nov- 

 be at the pains to enquire. It h the pcculjar felicity of 

 the wit of which 1 fpeak, that it is of fo multifarious 1 

 dtTcription as to be be vend tlie '^ow«■r of deuniflon, .-.nd 

 Vor . V. ' I ' L I 



