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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."
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Source: 'The Plays of William Shakespeare, with Notes' (1765) preface (Yale ed., p. 74)
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