 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 416 pages
...tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOBEN. Ant. Is that any thing now ? $«,«. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, ttfey are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; -tell me now, what Iady is this same, To whom you swore... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1808 - 400 pages
...neat's tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LORES. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bast. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find ihem ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tfll me now, what lady is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. jlnt. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite...reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chalf; you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.... | |
 | George Campbell - Christian ethics - 1810 - 360 pages
...Bassanio in 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...when you have them they are not worth the search." To lay down therefore proper canons of sacred criticism, to arrange them according to their comparative... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 pages
...till dinnertime: I must be one of these same dumi/ ivise men, For Gratiano never lets me speak. Gro, Well, keep me company but two years more, Thou shalt...them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell mp novy, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...while; I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Lor. Well, we will leave you then till dinner- tun*: I must be one of these same dumb wise men, For Gratiano...as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; yoa * Obstinate silence. shall seek all day ere you find them; and, when you have them, they are not... | |
 | English poetry - 1811 - 592 pages
...Dramatic Poem. 8vo. pp. 24. A FEW good lines are scattered through this poem ; but they are like " two grains of wheat hid in two " bushels of chaff;...when you have them, they are not worth " the search." If Fate have decreed, that a change of ministry must always produce such an inundation of bad verse... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks...; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...noticed; and the line next following, to the well-known occurrence of dogs' barking at the moon. Anth, Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an...when you have them, they are not worth the search. . Anth. Well, tell me now, what lady is the same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 1032 pages
...print and paper shall ever be squandered on a second * edition. — — " Gratiano speaks an in" finitt deal of nothing, more than any man ** in all Venice...when you have them, " they are not worth the search." Vitm of the Present State O/FRANCE. JjlVlNG in France is very cheap, and undoubtedly a person of mo*... | |
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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. 
