 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 Monthly magazine - Page 298by Monthly literary register - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth cateh The other turns to a mirth-moving jest : Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers...gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tale*, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." But, with all... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth cateh The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers...and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at hie tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble ia his discourse." But, with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; most offends me, and to be merry beet hie tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1918 - 892 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth loving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers...and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales. And younger hearings are quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse." No record of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Collections - 1969 - 284 pages
...catch. The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue— conceit's expositorDelivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Princess. God... | |
 | James L. Calderwood - Literary Criticism - 1971 - 206 pages
...occasion for his wit, For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers...and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. (2.1.66-76) Even... | |
 | Leo Salingar - Drama - 1974 - 372 pages
...occasion for his wit, For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-loving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers...and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. This speech,... | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...least knowing ill" (LLL II. i. 58) -, der andere durch seine jeden Zuhörer fesselnde Beredsamkeit: ... his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in...and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. (LLL II. i.... | |
 | Keir Elam - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 360 pages
...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words. (2. 1. 69ff.) And the pedants, naturally, invest all their efforts in the elaboration of verba as a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, illiam Shakespeare tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. PRINCESS. God... | |
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