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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. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible.

Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is prefixed ... - Seite xxviii
von William Shakespeare - 1804
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An Oxford Anthology of English Prose

Arnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry - 1935 - 968 Seiten

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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: Henry the Fourth, pt. 1. 1936

William Shakespeare - 1936 - 576 Seiten

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The Harvard Classics, Band 39

1909 - 498 Seiten

...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. It has some malignant power over...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....

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