 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 500 pages
...or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; and terrour and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked...it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to ingulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; and terrour and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked...it is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to ingulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible.... | |
 | 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 bis mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisitions,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 750 pages
...He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 548 pages
...First, " a quibble is to Shakspeare, what luminous vapours (a Will o' the wisp) are to travellers: 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 his mind, 'and its fascinations are irresistible,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...idle conceit or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner moves than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted with sudden frigidity!" The egregious editor and critic then proceeds to confound his author with his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...idle conceit or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner moves than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked and blasted with sudden frigidity!" The egregious editor and critic then proceeds to confound his author with his... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 366 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 is sure to lead him out of his way, and sure to engulph him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistable.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...First, "a quibble is to Shakspeare, what luminous vapours (a Will o' the wisp) are to travellers : 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 his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible,"... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself ; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the 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... | |
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What he does best, he soon ceases to do. He is not long soft and pathetic without some idle conceit or contemptible equivocation. He no sooner begins to move, than he counteracts himself; and terror and pity, as they are rising in the mind, are checked... 
