 | William Shakespeare - 1998 - 276 стор.
...fondness for them. In a famous passage in his Preface of 1765 he writes : A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows...over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible ... A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by... | |
 | Mihoko Suzuki - 1989 - 292 стор.
...her own death that she is able to do so. Epilogue: Antony and Cleopatra A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows...out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. ... A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight, that he was content to purchase it,... | |
 | Jean I. Marsden - 1995 - 214 стор.
...examination of Shakespeare's faults: A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveler: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead...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.... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 стор.
...does best, he soon ceases to do.' 5 Cf. Dryden (1.138); Kames (4.479ff.). 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... | |
 | Derek Attridge - 1995 - 300 стор.
...pronounced with one more or one less syllable than you have shown. (a) A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows...out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire. (b) In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From... | |
 | Shirley Nelson Garner, Madelon Sprengnether - 1996 - 346 стор.
...quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all adventure; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to...over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. ... A quibble . . . gave him such delight, that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 стор.
...Learned" (1821-1822). First published in Edinburgh Magazine (July 1818). 2 A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows...out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Plays of William Shakespeare, preface (1... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 564 стор.
...come, roundly Warb., Qoin MS., Acting Version Theob., et seq . 1 763, Johns., Daniel (i 870), Vaughan. vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all...over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. ... A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 стор.
...perform." Samuel Johnson, in his Shakespeare (1765), makes the charge, "A quibble is to Shakespeare what vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all...out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire." William was far from unaware of this willfulness in his spirit: he rings all the changes on his name... | |
 | Bharat Tandon - 2003 - 320 стор.
...Nothing, III. i., 34; TheNorton Facsimile, p. 127. 76 OED, p. 2452. 77 'A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows...out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire.' Johnson on Shakespeare, p. 1 32. At the beginning of the century, it had also been a distinctive trait... | |
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A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller ; he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. 
