| Charles Sumner - 1900 - 384 стор.
...once in full cry, and the quibble became to them what Dr. Johnson says it was to the great dramatist: "He follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to ingulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 434 стор.
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1903 - 450 стор.
...are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. . A_quibble_is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 стор.
...checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapors are to 5 the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalt10 ing affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| Beverley Ellison Warner - 1906 - 328 стор.
...to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all adventures; it N/ is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf...whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1908 - 254 стор.
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he | be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| Charles F. Johnson - 1909 - 412 стор.
...read Julius Ccesar or Othello ? He says, with more justice, that a ' quibble [pun] is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows...out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.' He forgets that when punning was first invented its attraction was irresistible, and that at least... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 стор.
...blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapors are to the traveler: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 стор.
...blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapors are to the traveler: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 стор.
...blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapors are to the traveler: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
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