 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. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.  Bolster's Quarterly Magazine. ... - Page 1151828Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...unfinilhed. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career, or ftoop from his elevation. A quibble poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight,, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth.... | |
 | Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...unrinilhed. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career, or {loop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth.... | |
 | Several Hands - 1765 - 624 pages
...unfinifhed. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will al ways turn afide from his career, or ftoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...unfinifhed. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career, or floop from his elevation. A quibble poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn afide from his career, or ftoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, proprietyj and truth.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...unfinifhed. A Quibble is the golden Apple, for which he will always turn afide from his Career, or ftoop from his Elevation. A Quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch Delight, that he was content to purchafe it by the Sacrifice of Reafon, Propriety, and Truth.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...unfinifhed. A Quibble is tbe golden Apple, for which he will always turn afide from his Career, or ftoop from his Elevation. A Quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch Delight, that he was content to purchafe it by the Sacrifice of Reafon, Propriety, and Truth.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...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 '... | |
 | 1784 - 514 pages
...chara£kr) ; "VA quibble is the golden apple ' for which he will always turn afidefromhis career, or iloop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him fuch delight, that he was content to purchafc it, by the facritice of reafon, propriety, and truth.... | |
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