 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 Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes - Page 87by William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...will or no . Oh! torture me no more, I will confefs. , ;,A ••; .", Henry VI. P. 2, A. 3, S. 3, Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you (hall feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. Merchant... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1788 - 590 pages
...Again : Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reafons are two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you...when you have them they are not worth the fearch. Ibid. In In the following pafiage a character is completed by a fingle ftroke. Shallow. Q the mad days... | |
 | James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1791 - 412 pages
...of Dr. Samuel Johnfon, if print and paper mall ever be proftituted on a fecond edition. " Grratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more " than any...in two bufhels of chaff! you " fhall feek all day e'er you find them j and when you " have them, they ar« not worth the fearch." The learned and facetious... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 582 pages
...with him, with two ftaves and a pike, far this geare." M ALONS. ANT. Is that any thing now ? * BASS. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reafons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two buftiels of chaff; you (hall feek all day ere you find them ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1795 - 382 pages
...Gra. ana J^oren. i&nth. Is that any thing now? Baf Gratianb ipeaSs a,. than any man in all Vemce : his reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...; tell me now, what lady is the fame, To whom you fworc a fecret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of? BaJf 'Tis unknown to you, Anthonio,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...very rebel to my will, May hang no longer on me. Antony aml Cleopatra, A. 4. .Sc. •:. LOO^UACIT Y. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. The Merchant... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 596 pages
...dried, and a maid not vendible. [Extuttt GRATIANO and LORENZO» Ant, Is that any thing now ? } Baff, Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...fhall feek all day ere you find them; and, when you ha\e them, they are not worth the fearch. Ant. * This feems tobe a proverbial expreffion, STIIVENS.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 644 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO, ANT. Is that any thing now ? BASS. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mail feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. ANT.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1798 - 612 pages
...even truth in fuch difquifitions is li!;0 ' two grains of wheat in two bufhels of chaff: you (hall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the fearch.' Nothing more ftrongly evinces the futility of etymological inquires in the prelent infrance, than the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 448 pages
...tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. dnth. Is that any thing now ! Buff. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : His reafons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff ; you fhall feek all day ere you find them ;... | |
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