 | William Shakespeare - 1898
...two words were pronounced alike. ' A quibble,' says Dr Johnson, in his Preface, ' was to Shakespeare the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.' — ED. 118. Brat] MURRAY (A7! E. £>.): Of uncertain origin; Wedgwood, E. MUller, and Skeat think... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1898
...two words were pronounced alike. 'A quibble,' says Dr Johnson, in his Preface, ' was to Shakespeare the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.'—ED. 118. Brat] MURRAY (IV. ED): Of uncertain origin; Wedgwood, E. MOller, and Skeat think it... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1899
...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 ofjre_asgn1j)ro|)rietjrl and truth. A quibble v,- was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900
...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...by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth." l In this Shakespearean spirit our lawyers have acted. They have pursued quibbles with the ardor of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901
...says of ' the malignant power ' which a quibble had over the mind of Shakespeare, to whom it was ' the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it ' ; I recall that he could make dying men play nicely with their names ; and yet with all this in mind,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 434 páginas
...Johnson says of ' the malignant power' which a quibble had over the mind of Shakespeare, to whom it was ' the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world and was content to lose it ' ; I recall that he could make dying men play nicely with their names ; and yet with all this in mind,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 401 páginas
...Preface, 'has some malignant power over [Shakespeare's] mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. It was to him the fatal Cleopatra, for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.' — ED. 29. past care, etc.] MALONE : ' Things past redress are now with me past care.' — Rich. II:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 401 páginas
...Preface, ' has some malignant power over [Shakespeare's] mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. It was to him the fatal Cleopatra, for which he lost the world and was content to lose it.' — ED. 29. past care, etc.] MALONE : 'Things past redress are now with me past care.' — Rich. II:... | |
 | Joseph Crosby - 1986 - 359 páginas
...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...for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it."—Now, isn't all this very much exaggerated? It seems to me to be written much more for the sake... | |
 | Howard Felperin - 1986 - 226 páginas
...Samuel Johnson, 'for which he would always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation', 'the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.'22 The anxiety that speaks through Johnson's strictures doubtless arises from the threat posed... | |
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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.... 
