 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pàgines
...with narrow-necked bottlei ; the leti they b*sv • them, the more noitw they make in pouring it out." wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search." There is an Italian proverb which says, that an eternal talker would be more agreeable company if the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1842 - 512 pàgines
...That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. Merchant of Venice, Act I. Sc. L Again : Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek •11 day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search. Ibid. In the following... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pàgines
...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...the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to tell me of? Bass. 'T is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 374 pàgines
...Bas. 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 have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Weil ; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, 1 hat you to-dav promised... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 pàgines
...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...worth the search. Ant. Well; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to tell me of? Ant. I pray... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 536 pàgines
...Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: His reasons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Atit. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same -jTo whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1848 - 466 pàgines
...(R.) 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...the search. Ant. Well : tell me, now, what lady is this same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to tell me of? Bass. 'Tis... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1848 - 364 pàgines
...his friend " 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...when you have them, they are not worth the search." But we are by no means inclined to agree with him: on the contrary, Gratiano seems to us no less witty... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 pàgines
...BOSK, Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are ns Who least will seem to do so,) my past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now this same To whom vou swore a secret pilgrimage, That you today promis'd to tell me of ? Bass. 'Tie... | |
 | George Campbell - 1849 - 472 pàgines
...play gives of Gratiano's conversation : " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you...when you have them they are not worth the search."* It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the fault of... | |
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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. 
