 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...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... | |
 | 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 850
...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... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...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... | |
 | 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 850
...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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 326
...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... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 800
...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... | |
 | William Swinton - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...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... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...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,... | |
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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.... 
