 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 ページ
...traveller ; he follows it' at all adventures ; ff is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affeftion, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 ページ
...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...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether he be enlarging knowledge, or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 ページ
...frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller : he follows it at aB adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way,...malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations Pre irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 ページ
...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...irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 ページ
...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 ページ
...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...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 ページ
...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 irre- • sistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 ページ
...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 ページ
...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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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. 
