...and becomes horrible; besides which, Shakespeare, to whom " a quibble," as Dr. Johnson says, " was the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it," has enervated the dialogue with many frigid conceits, which he has, with more than usual Impropriety,...

...and becomes horrible; besides which, Shakespeare, to whom " a quibble," as Dr. Johnson says, " was the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it," has enervated the dialogue with many frigid conceits, which lie ha*, with more than usual impropriety,...

...apple for which he will always turn aside t'rom his career^ or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight, that...which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. * "But the admirers of thie great poet have never less reason to indulge their hope* of supreme excellence,...

...quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him l;ieh delight, that he was content to purchase it by tne sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the ratal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. . *"But thu admirers of this...

...apple, for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop &om his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such (delight,...he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reasoti, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra, for which he lost the world,...

...Shakespeare. He is precisely 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...

...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 or reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world,...

...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...which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. / which have been instituted and established by the joint authority of poets and criticks. For his...

...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...

...apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, lachrymas perferre parentis. A rigid divine may call it v\as content to purchase it, by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him...