...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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:...

...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:...

...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...

...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...