 Biron they call him ; but a merrier man. Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit : For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair...  Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream - Page 25by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - English literature - 1829 - 242 pages
...an hour's talk withal. His eye hegets occasion for his wit, For every ohject that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his...apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant to his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravishedi So sweet and voluhle is his discourse." * P.... | |
 | 1829 - 526 pages
...— Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, Th 1 1 ]. aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." For my own part, Sir, I never think of one of the gifted contributors to your valuable work, and of... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - English literature - 1829 - 358 pages
...tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant to his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So sweet and voluble is his discourse." ETERNITY. A COLLECTION of the opinions and desires of individuals, respecting eternity, would afford... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1918 - 892 pages
...begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth loving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor,...ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse." No record of Mr. Choate's professional career, however brief, would be adequate which failed to mention... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Collections - 1969 - 284 pages
...catch. The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue— conceit's expositorDelivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play...quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Princess. God bless my ladies! are they all in love, That every one her own hath garnished With such... | |
 | James L. Calderwood - Literary Criticism - 1971 - 206 pages
...an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit, For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest Which his fair...quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. (2.1.66-76) Even Holofernes can revel in the procreative power of his wit: This is a gift that I have,... | |
 | Leo Salingar - Drama - 1974 - 372 pages
...Rosaline's tribute to Berowne His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers. But this praise of wit is not altogether unambiguous, since the Princess has just spoken of 'such short-lived... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...least knowing ill" (LLL II. i. 58) -, der andere durch seine jeden Zuhörer fesselnde Beredsamkeit: ... his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in...quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. (LLL II. i. 72-76) Weitere Beispiele für einen Sprachgebrauch, der die Zuhörer augenblicklich in... | |
 | Keir Elam - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 360 pages
...of conceptions': Ros. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his...expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words. (2. 1. 69ff.) And the pedants, naturally, invest all their efforts in the elaboration of verba as a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...hour's talk withal: His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, th Editions PRINCESS. God bless my ladies! are they all in love, That every one her own bath garnished With such... | |
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