 A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety and truth....  The Plays of William Shakspeare. .... - Pagina xliidoor William Shakespeare - 1800Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Philip Kuberski - 1994 - 232 pagina’s
...scientific clarity. Dr. Johnson was dismayed by Shakespeare's eagerness to play with words and make puns: "A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or step from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such... | |
 | Jean I. Marsden - 1995 - 214 pagina’s
...enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pagina’s
...enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him and he leaves his work un-finished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such... | |
 | Robert S. Miola - 2000 - 206 pagina’s
...quibble is the golden apple for which he [Shakespeare] will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander, Stanley Wells - 2001 - 222 pagina’s
...deflected by the 'irresistible' fascinations of the feminized quibble. For the heroic, manly playwright, 'a quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation'.3 In employing this terminology of swerve, fall,... | |
 | Marjorie B. Garber - 2003 - 332 pagina’s
...enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career. or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is. gave him such... | |
 | Sylvia Adamson, Gavin Alexander, Katrin Ettenhuber - 2007 - 238 pagina’s
...him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible ... A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble poor and barren as it is, gave him such... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2008 - 380 pagina’s
...enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such... | |
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