 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 - 1811 - 510 sider
...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 fuscinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions, whether... | |
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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. 
