 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and it's fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition,...golden apple, for which he will always turn aside from bis career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren. as it is, gave him such delight,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exhausting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incident) or enchaining it with suspence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 pages
...enchaining it in MISpense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves Ins work unfmished. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 450 pages
...him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exulting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affection,...leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden npple for which he will always turn aside iVom his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...disquisitions, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affection, whether he be amusinoattention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 pages
...him in the mire. It has some ma* lignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affection,...whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchanting it in suspenses let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...knowledge, or exhausting affection, whether he be amusing attention •with incident, or enchaining it with be any equivalent, But that was not my only tie; I...nature ; — Geniirijc est milii — and excuse me from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight, that he v\as content... | |
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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.... 
