 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 Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 157by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 612 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Re-enter BOYET. Prin. Now, what admittance,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 938 pages
...limit of becoming mirth, I iiever spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit : ke foul the clearness of oar deserrings, when of ourselves...I have heard of you I do not all believe ; Ч is are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 622 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - Acting - 1868 - 526 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is hit discourse." Measured even by this compliment of portrait... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 136 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. OVER-STUDY. Study evermore is overshot;... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." But, with all this disposition to think... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 1046 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1870 - 374 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We have been led into these reflections,... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - Authors, Scottish - 1871 - 520 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So sweet and voluble is his discourse." Independent of the fact that Scott, himself... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - Literary Criticism - 1872 - 370 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." Twenty years ago Daniel Webster said that... | |
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