 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 Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 157by William Shakespeare - 1826 - 960 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 1108 pages
...limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other...ears play truant at his tales, " And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Ain. God. bless my ladies! are they all... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 668 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished So sweet and voluble in his discourse. THE POWER OF LOVE. [From Love's Labour's... | |
 | Charles Greville - Great Britain - 1885 - 540 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. He was originally in the army, came early... | |
 | Charles Cavendish F. Greville - 1885 - 536 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. He was originally in the army, came early... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 470 pages
...73.] Mr. Thomas Hollis. 97 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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So sweet and voluble is his discourse'.' We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered... | |
 | Florence Caddy - Natural history - 1886 - 402 pages
...of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit : plans For every object that the one doth catch, The other...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Love's Labour 's Lost. In him was that... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1887 - 466 pages
...letter, in ed. 1868, p. 305. 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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished: So sweet and voluble is his discourse ' .' We were all in fine spirits ; and I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 236 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Act 2, Sc. 1, 1. 67. KING. Thy own wish... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1888 - 544 pages
...becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For ev'ry object that the one doth catch, The other turns to...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 570 pages
...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...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished So sweet and voluble is his discourse."' We were all in fine spirits; and I whispered... | |
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