 | 1822 - 440 pages
...up an abundance of second-hand witticisms, and " speaks an infinite deal of nothing ;" " 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." If he happens to fall in the company... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...CONVERSATION. " Grmtiano 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 yon find them ; and, when yon have them, they are not worth the starch." SHAKSPEARE. MAN being by nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...* Bass. 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. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 pages
...? Bass. 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. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in «ll Venice: his reasons are as (wo > , yon find them ; and', when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. W ell; tell me now, what... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...throws without distinction. It is the same allusion in the Merch. of Yen. act is 1. " His " reasons are as two grains of " wheat hid in two bushels of " chaff; you shall seek all day " ere you find them, &c." The meaning of the whole context is this, " I am offended when vice " pretends to dispute... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 pages
...? Bass. 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. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady... | |
 | George Campbell - Preaching - 1824 - 376 pages
...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 of chaff, you shall " seek all day ere you find them, and when you " have them they are not worth the search." To lay down therefore proper canons... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...LOaUAClTY. 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. MEDIOCRITY. For aught I see, they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: his reasons arc DAis. Don. What is amiss ? Macb. You are, utid do notknow it : The spring, the hea find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady... | |
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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. 
