| Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank - 1920 - 254 pages
...though separated by " a long interval," he comes second ?2 This may seem a hard saying, is to Shakspere 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 whole paragraph is worth... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1926 - 392 pages
...of Brutus and Capitol. In his Preface to Shakespeare, Johnson observes: "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... | |
| 1909 - 498 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 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... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...most comprehensive soul. John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, dramatist A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all a'dventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1998 - 276 pages
...fondness for them. In a famous passage in his Preface of 1765 he writes : 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... | |
| Mihoko Suzuki - 1989 - 292 pages
...her own death that she is able to do so. Epilogue: Antony and Cleopatra 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. ... A quibble, poor and barren... | |
| Derek Attridge - 1995 - 300 pages
...pronounced with one more or one less syllable than you have shown. (a) 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. (b) In life's last scene what prodigies... | |
| Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pages
...does best, he soon ceases to do.' 5 Cf. Dryden (1.138); Kames (4.479ff.). 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... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...Learned" (1821-1822). First published in Edinburgh Magazine (July 1818). 2 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. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British... | |
| Bharat Tandon - 2003 - 320 pages
...Nothing, III. i., 34; TheNorton Facsimile, p. 127. 76 OED, p. 2452. 77 '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.' Johnson on Shakespeare, p. 1... | |
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