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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. "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... - Page 265
by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson - 1803
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The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve ..., Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 pages
...are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakespeare, what luminous va.» pours 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 ma* lignant power...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Slmkspeare dged and indubitable positions, that what has been longest known has sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 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 ingulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...they are rising up the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, what luminous vapours are to the traveller; he follows it at all adventures: it is sure to lead him out of hii way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It haļ some malignant power over...
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...they are rising in the miud, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, illiam Shakespeare sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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The Principles of English Composition: Illustrated by Examples with Critical ...

David Booth - English language - 1831 - 370 pages
...associated, in the works of the early English writers. " A quibble," says Dr. Johnson, " is to Shakspeare, 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 engulph him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, what luminous vapors 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...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, and a maid : So far be distant; and good night, sweet friend: Ttiy love ne'er alte sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted by sudden frigidity. A quibble is to Shakspeare, or. Rot. Why then, to-morrow I cannot serve your turn for Rosalind ? Orl. I can live sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over...
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