 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 - 1864 - 302 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1856 - 838 pagina’s
...such a Shakespeare as entered into Dr Johnson's imagination when he said. " A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it." It must be confessed that although most of Mi- Planches extravaganzas are published, there is not one... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 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, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 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 - 1823 - 526 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 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... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pagina’s
...defended him from the neglect of what are called the unities. The observation, that a quibble was the uld not sleep if his evening prayer had been forgotten," is one, is more pointed than just. Shakspeare cannot be said to have lost the world ; for his fame has not... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 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 - 1825 - 476 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 - 1825 - 1010 pagina’s
...was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fY rHs It will be thought strange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pagina’s
...golden apple are converted into the renowned queen of Egypt : for " a quihhle is to him (Shakspeare) the fatal Cleopatra, for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it!" Shakspeare lost the world ! He won it in an age of intellectual giants — the Anakims of mind were... | |
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