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" 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 tongue... "
The Works of Shakespeare: In Eight Volumes. Collated with the Oldest Copies ... - Page 186
by William Shakespeare - 1740
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Memoirs of the Affairs of Greece: Containing an Account of the Military and ...

Julius Michael Millingen - Greece - 1831 - 366 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." One of these lines (the second) was not strictly...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue, (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such ravish'd; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies! are they all in IOTB; That...
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A Tour on the Banks of the Thames: From London to Oxford, in ... 1829

A. Walton - Thames Valley (England) - 1834 - 158 pages
...The other turns to a mirth moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceits expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." At this point the river Mole, which has its rise...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 8

James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue ( Conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." ( ' ) We were all in -fine spirits ; and I whispered...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; rVhich his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) delivers in such binding law ; and that there were No earthly mean to save him, but that either You must lay dow ravished : So sweet and voluble w his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies : are they all in love •...
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Midsummer-night's dream. Love's labor's lost. Merchant of Venice. As you ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 554 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished. So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love,...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. 8 — ii. 1 . 150 There appears much joy in him; even...
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Sir Thomas More: His Life and Times : Illustrated from His Own Writings, and ...

William Joseph Walter - Christian saints - 1840 - 404 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue—conceit's expositor— Delivers in such apt and gracious words. That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished. So sweet and voluble is his discourse. A merrier man. Skaktpeart, There was a certain dash...
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Literary Leaves, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." It is not an easy matter to argue on subjects of...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." It is not an easy matter to argue on subjects of...
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