Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 248by William Shakespeare - 1823Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 pages
...Jlnxx. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ;...the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of? Bass. 'T is... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...of thine own tongue. Ant. Farewell : I'll grow a talker for this gear. [Euunt GRATIANO and LORENZO. lliam J OUtiuaU filen«. you shall seek all day ere you find them : and, when you have them, they arc not... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pages
...not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo, 1 Obstinate silence. Ant. Is that any thing now ? l Bas. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Weil ; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, 1 hat you to-dav promised... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORE.NZO. Ant. Is that any thing now ? /;./•••.. 0 ө J 0 P...sepulchre. Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a mo the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of? Bass. 'Tis... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and & maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOR. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks...two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you lind them ; and. when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady... | |
| William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 536 pages
...Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: His reasons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Atit. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same -jTo whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - Dramatists, English - 1848 - 386 pages
...sometimes necessary, to gain one the credit of possessing it. Bassanio assures us, that his friend " speaks an infinite deal of nothing more than any man...when you have them, they are not worth the search." But we are by no means inclined to agree with him: on the contrary, Gratiano seems to us no less witty... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible [Exeunt Gratiano find Lorenzo. J)nt. Is that any thing now ? Ban. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing more than...as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; TOO shall seek all day ere you find them ; and. whei you have them, they are not worth the search.... | |
| George Campbell - English language - 1849 - 472 pages
...which Bassanio in the play gives of Gratiano's conversation : " He 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."* It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the fault of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 600 pages
...BASS. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are two grains of wheat* hid in two bushels of chaff;...the search. ANT. Well ; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of ? BASS. 'T is... | |
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