...what was absurdly said of Shakspeare, might with some propriety be said of him, " that a pun was the Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it." In a moral and religious point of view, the character of Fuller is entitled to our veneration, and...

...severely censures that writer for playing with words upon serious occasions. 'A quibble,' says he, 'was to him the fatal Cleopatra; for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.' It must, however, be remembered, that though the doctor made sturdy efforts to emancipate the drama from...

...severely censures that writer for playing with words upon serious occasions. 'A quibble,' says he, ' was to him the fatal Cleopatra ; for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.' It must, however, be remembered, that though the doctor made sturdy efforts to emancipate the drama from...

...what was absurdly said of Shakspeare, might with some propriety be said of him, " that a pun was the Cleopatra for which he lost' the world, and was content to lose it." In a moral and religious point of view, the character of Fuller is entitled to our , veneration, and...

...or dead puns that occur to me, from, Shakespeare. Johnson asserts that a quibble was to Shakespeare the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. This, like the generality of Johnsoniana, has considerable truth, with a vast deal of mere burly assertion...

...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. — Johnsons Preface to Shakspere. This rule must be extended to a proper name, or any word of import...

...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...which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. . . . His histories, being neither tragedies nor comedies, are not subject to any of their laws ; nothing...

...dead puns that occur to me, from Shakespeare. Johnson asserts that a quibble was to Shakespeare t!ie fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it. This, like the generality of Johnsoniana, has considerable truth, with a vast deal of mere burly assertion...

...Introduction to the Literature of Europe, III. 577. 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" * Of course, with regard to this last sentence, the retort on the critic is obvious, that for the sake...

...it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that...by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth." They who choose may agree with this Johnsonian criticism; but do not let them forget that Shakespeare,...