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" Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... - Page 317
by William Shakespeare - 1806
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1837 - 740 pages
...speaks an infinite df ul of nothing; more than any man in all Venice; Ma reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...find them, and when you have them they are not worth Ihe search." lint it is said the Senate had no right to pass such a resolution; that it cannot be justified...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...speak a truth. 1 1 — v. 3. 289 He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search. 9— i. 1 . 290 Was this taken By any understanding pate but thine ? For thy conceit is soaking, will...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric

George Campbell - English language - 1838 - 460 pages
...of Gratiano's conversation ; " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek...them, and when you have them they are not worth the search1." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...infinite deal of nothing ; more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of whoat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day...• Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same • 1 Gear usually signifies matter, subject, or business in general. It is here, perhaps, a colloquial...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...speak a truth. 11 — v. 3. 269 He speaks tn infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search. 9— i. 1. 290 Was this taken By any understanding pate but thine ? For thy conceit is soaking, will...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search. — Shakspeare. If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches,...
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The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoric

George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...of Gratiano's conversation ; " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek...them, and when you have them they are not worth the search4." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...with narrow-necked bottlei ; the leti they b*sv • them, the more noitw they make in pouring it out." wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search." There is an Italian proverb which says, that an eternal talker would be more agreeable company if the...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have ia them, the more noise they make in pouriug it out." wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search." There is an Italian proverb which says, that an eternal talker would be more agreeable company if the...
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Literary Leaves, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out." •wheat hid in two hushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them...when you have them, they are not worth the search." There is an Italian proverb which says, that an eternal talker would be more agreeable company if the...
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