 | 1765 - 600 sayfa
...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.' . Quaintly as all this is exprefled, and boldly as it is afTerted, we cannot be perfuaded that Shakefpeate's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 sayfa
...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 con.tent to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 sayfa
...purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, propriety and truth, A quibble was to him the fatal a 4 Cleopatra Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it. It will be thought ftrange, that, in enumerating the delects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 sayfa
...was content to purchafe it, by the facrifice of reafon, proprietyj 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 ftrangc, that, in enumerating the defects of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 sayfa
...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 Defects of this Writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 sayfa
...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 ' the defedts of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
 | 1804 - 536 sayfa
...fays Dr. Johnlbn, with more folemnity and dignity than the fubjeil requires, " was to him the htil Cleopatra, for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe itj" yet he has few of what may be termed real bargains ; which is iingular enough, if we confider... | |
 | 1784 - 514 sayfa
...was content to purchafc it, by the facritice 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.— What he does beft, he.foon ceafes to do. He is not long foft and pathetic without fome idle conceit,... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 338 sayfa
...fome quibbling fcenes in Romeo and Juliet, and the Midfummer's Night's Dream ? " A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he loft the world, and was content to lofe it." Has not Mr. J. been as culpably fond of writ, ing upon Quibble, as Shakefpeare in perfuing it? and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 sayfa
...was content to purchafe it, by the facririce 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 defeats of this writer, I have not yet mentioned... | |
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... 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. 
