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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. "
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed - Page xlix
by William Shakespeare - 1814
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...is to Shakspere, what luminous vapours a're to the traveller ; he follows it' at all adventures ; ff is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affeftion, whether he be amusing attention...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted bysudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, what luminous...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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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. " A quibble is, to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows...it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulph him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible....
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...or the crosses of love. What he does best, he soon ceases to do. He is not long soft and pathetick without some idle conceit, or contemptible equivocation....irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...and pathetick without some idle conceit, or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner begins to more, than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity,...malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irre- • sistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...traveller ; he follows it at all adventures ; it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to ingulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...fall of greatness, the danger of innocence, or the crosses of love. He is not long soft and pathetick without some idle conceit, or contemptible equivocation....irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention...
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Historical and critical matter The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 pages
...or the crosses of love. What he does best, he soon ceases to do.* lie is not long soft and pathctick without some idle conceit, or contemptible equivocation....It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fuscinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 436 pages
...fall of greatness, the danger of innocence, or the crosses of love. He is not long soft and pathetick without some idle conceit, or contemptible equivocation....irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention...
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