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
| George Campbell - Preaching - 1824 - 376 pages
...Bassanio in the play says of Gratiano's conversation, " They speak an infinite " deal of nothing. Their reasons are as two grains " of wheat hid in two bushels...when you " have them they are not worth the search." To lay down therefore proper canons of sacred criticism, to arrange them according to their comparative... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are as two grains of wheat bid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere...worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady i- this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of? Baa. 'Tis... | |
| William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...and Lorenzo* Ant. Is that anv thing now? Baft. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, •lore a ? Pet. Su yon find them ; and, wbeoyon have them, they are not worth the search. in'. Well ; tell me now, what... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...''..•' "What say* King Bollngbroke ?» SHAKSPBARE. " His reasons are like two grains of mustard seed, hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day...when you' have them, they are not worth the search." .hO' ' •.ii., f. '•,,". ! Jr ^'•i^"' SHAKSPEARE. •• f : . i\ ici • . i ** I ALLOW his fine... | |
| English drama - 1826 - 502 pages
...and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOR. i, . Ant. (R. c.) Is that any thing now ? liimn. (R.) Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...seek all day ere you find them ; and when you have found them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well : tell me now, what lady is this same, To whom... | |
| Abraham Wivell - 1827 - 288 pages
...facts, but, in which he has displayed much verbosity, for his reasonings are, in many instances, as to "two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them, they are not worth the search." paid by Mr. Evans to Dunford, for the above picture, that in addition was given, a cart load of pictures,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reasons are as two grains ef wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...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... | |
| John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827 - 672 pages
...unsifted from the technicalities of legal rubbish, are as Bassanio says of Gratiano's reasons, like " two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you...ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are net worth the search." During this encounter of conflicting interests Mr. Brazenright seemed totally... | |
| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...a spring and winter trade. — The Bookseller, in The Citizen oftne World— Goldsmith. DCCCCLXXVB. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search — Shakspcare. nccccLxxvm. At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter; nor will... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...for a spring and winter trade.—The Booksellei; in The Citizen of the Worlds-Goldsmith. DCCCCLXXVII. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...them; and when you have them, they are not worth the search.—Sliakspewre. DCCCCLXXVHI. At the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter;... | |
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