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" ... up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. 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... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius - Seite 150
von Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight,, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was con.tent to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Band 33

1765 - 600 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe * it.' . Quaintly as all this is exprefled, and boldly as it...
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The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal

Several Hands - 1765 - 624 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which be loft the world, and was content to lofe * it.' Quaintly as all this is cxprcflcd, and boldly as...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 Seiten
...is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, proprietyj and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrangc, that, in enumerating the defects...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Band 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 Seiten
...fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the World, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defects of this Writer, I...mentioned his Neglect of the Unities -, his Violation of thofe Laws which have been inftituted and efta blifhed by the joint Authority of Poets and of Criticks....
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Band 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fucli Delight, that he was content to purchafe it by the Sacrifice of Reafon, Propriety, and Truth. A Quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the World, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defeats...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Band 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch Delight, that he was content to purchafe it by the Sacrifice of Reafon, Propriety, and Truth. A Quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lou the World, and was content to lofe it. ' It will be thought ftrange, that in enumerating the Defects...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating I ' the...
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The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Band 3

1784 - 514 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafc it, by the facritice of reafon, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to- him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and -was content to lofe it.— What he does beft, he.foon ceafes to do. He is not...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 Seiten
...barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facririce of reafon, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defeats...
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