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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... "
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of ... - Page 32
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Book of the Boudoir, Volume 1

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - English literature - 1829 - 358 pages
...no subject untouched, and was himself the best of story-tellers, has bequeathed to posterity — " A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...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....
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The Book of the Boudoir, Volume 1

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - English literature - 1829 - 242 pages
...hecoming mirth, I never spent 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...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....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...duke Alen§on's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report to his great worthiness. Ros. Another of these students at that time Was there...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...kindness is now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare: A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse '." We were all in fine spirits; and I whispered to Mrs. Boscawen, " I believe this is as much as can...
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Memoirs of the Affairs of Greece: Containing an Account of the Military and ...

Julius Michael Millingen - Greece - 1831 - 366 pages
...spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object, that the one does catch. The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which...ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." One of these lines (the second) was not strictly applicable to his practice; for he might too justly...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, with Notes ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye beget« hia tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So Rweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) 'Will be'1 Delivers in such apt and gracious words, ', (-, ,...quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse '." > [Rosaline's character of Biron. Lore's Labour Lett, act 2, sc. 1. — ED.] We were all in fine...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ...

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...but a merrier man, rVithin the limit of becoming mirth, '. never spent an hour's talk withal: I is eye begets occasion for his wit; for every object...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite 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
...object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceits expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words,...ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." At this point the river Mole, which has its rise from several springs in the southern part of Surrey,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to ..., Volume 8

James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : " ^— — — — — A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." ( ' ) We were all in -fine spirits ; and I whispered to Mrs. Boscawen, " I believe this is as much...
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