 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...See Vol. III. latter end of AprU, 1778: " A. merrier man, ** Within the limit of becoming mirth, <rl never spent an hour's talk withal. " His eye begets...doth catch, " The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; " Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) " Delivers in such apt and gracious words, " That aged... | |
 | James Mason - 1809 - 566 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him: but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...these students at that time VVas there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...For every object that the one doth catch, The other tuvns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged years... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him; but a merner mu, Within the limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit t expositor ), Delivers in such apt and gracious words. That aged ears... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, 4 That aged... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - English literature - 1815 - 362 pages
...Increas'd of theatrical labours the store, man, we may justly apply the words of Shakspeare, where he says, A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue — (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - English literature - 1815 - 362 pages
...Increas'd of theatrical labours the store, man, we may justly apply the words of Shakspeare, where he says, merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I...doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue—(conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...so most, that most hi* humors know. [grow. Pri. Such short-liv'd wits do withet M they A Merry Man. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Deliven in such apt and gracunn words, That aged ears... | |
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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 tongue,... 
