 A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth....  Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History, and Wisdom - Pagina 173door William Swinton - 1872 - 302 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pagina’s
...content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pagina’s
...purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Clenpatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not 'yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pagina’s
...was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra, for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. been instituted and established by the joint authority of poets and critics. " For his other deviations... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pagina’s
...content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pagina’s
...content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pagina’s
...content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pagina’s
...was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pagina’s
...was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pagina’s
...content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of,reason, propriety, and truth.- A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pagina’s
...was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
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