VIII. -- THAT VERBAL ALLUSIONS ARE NOT WIT, BECAUS
t be said of ttiest local allusions. A custom is sometimes as difficult to explain to a foreigner as a pun. part of t of t age, if it ried by test? ain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, o a terentian auditory, terence o translate tor urbanus, o boot for a synonime, faintly ions, are o render; it is too muco expect us to translate a sound, and give an elegant version to a jingle. t translatable, but by substituting . to Latinise a pun, seek a pun in Latin, t o it; as, to give an idea of t o a similar practice in t oppugner of puns in ancient or modern times, professes ickled ;a stickquot; co quot;ecclesiastic.quot; Yet a species of pun, a verbal consonance?