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.... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts - الصفحة 246 بواسطة Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 عرض كامل -
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