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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 and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved Text of ... - Page 12
by William Shakespeare - 1844
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The Literary melange; or, Weekly register of literature and the arts

1822 - 522 pages
...Gratiitno's wit in the Merchant of Venice—' his reasons are two i^nins of wit hid in two bush, els of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them,...when you have them they are not worth the search.' At to the word Wurtt. vr ; : means money, it is certainly an anglicised pronunciation of the French...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Measure for ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LORE-. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now * Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd...
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The Plays, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. • LOaUAClTY. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. MEDIOCRITY. For aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with...
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Lectures on Pulpit Eloquence

George Campbell - Preaching - 1824 - 376 pages
...Bassanio in the play says of Gratiano's conversation, " They speak an infinite " deal of nothing. Their reasons are as two grains " of wheat hid in two bushels...when you " have them they are not worth the search." To lay down therefore proper canons of sacred criticism, to arrange them according to their comparative...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: his reasons arc DAis. Don. What is amiss ? Macb. You are, utid do...blood Is stopp'd : the very source of it is stopp Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...bran together He throws without distinction. It is the same allusion in the Merch. of Yen. act ia 1. " His " reasons are as two grains of " wheat hid in...chaff; you shall seek all day " ere you find them, &c." The meaning of the whole context is this, " I am offended when vice " pretends to dispute and...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...nothing, more than any man in all Venice: his reasons arc as two grains of wheat hid in twobushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them;...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage. That you to-day...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gmtiaiio and Lorenio. Anl. Is that any thing now ? Ross. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...all Venice : His reasons are as two grains of wheat bid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they...
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