| Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - English fiction - 1819 - 270 pages
...speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; yon shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search." SHAKSPBAIW. THE result of the conference between the Bishop and Lord Montague, was the immediate departure... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...Gratiano and Lor cm*Ant, Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratianio speaks an inf,nite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reasons are...when 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... | |
| 1822 - 440 pages
...He hoards up an abundance of second-hand witticisms, and " speaks an infinite deal of nothing ;" " His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...when you have them, they are not worth the search." If he happens to fall in the company of men of learning, his vanity then contends with his insignificancy.... | |
| 1822 - 666 pages
...8,525,252 270,908 142,087 24,779,786 412,996 CONVERSATION. " Grmtiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as...in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere yon find them ; and, when yon have them, they are not worth the starch." SHAKSPEARE. MAN being by nature... | |
| 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now * Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are...when 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...[Exeunt GRA. and LORE-. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are...when 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in Ğll Venice: his reasons are as (wo > , yon find them ; and', when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. W ell; tell me now, what... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 pages
...Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are...when 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... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. • LOaUAClTY. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: His reasons are as...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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