 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 Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 335by William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
...make an ill shape good, And shape to win grace though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alencon's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. Heaven bless my ladies! are they all in love;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...shape good, And shape to win grace, though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alencon'e овсе ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report,...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;... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...Byron) they call him ; but a merrier man, . . л The Sittiad. Within the limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets...truant at his tales. And younger hearings are quite ravished, -So sweet and voluble is his discourse. I am, Sir, yours, &c. CANTO FIKST. I ALL my life... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...kindness is now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakespeare: -A merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, " The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; t " Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) " Delivers in such apt and gracious words, " That... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 500 pages
...shape to win grace though he * had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alen9on's once ; And much too little 9 of that good I saw, Is my report, to his great worthiness....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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...Alencon's once ; And much too littie of that good I saw, Is my report, to his great worthiness. Rosa. Another of these students at that time Was there with...tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gractous words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : — A merrier man, Within the limit' of becoming mirth,...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 to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : " • — A merrier man,, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...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 to... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 506 pages
...now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : • A merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth,...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 to... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...limit of becoming mirth I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his mirth : For every object that the one doth catch, The other...expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, NOTES. 117 That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet... | |
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