 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 Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 132by George Campbell - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 648 lehte
...be said of the parts that are selected, that, like Gratiano's reasons, they are ' as two grains of 4 wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff, you shall seek...find them, and when you have them they are not worth VOL. XI. NS 3 A ' the search.' The autograph of an unpublished MS. is doubtless a treasure to its possessor,... | |
 | Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - 1819 - 270 lehte
...speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; yon shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search." SHAKSPBAIW. THE result of the conference between the Bishop and Lord Montague, was the immediate departure... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 550 lehte
...thing now 7 ? 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...when you have them, they are not worth the search. ANT. Well ; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, * So quarto R.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 lehte
...any thing now ? Bass. Gratianio speaks an inf,nite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...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 you to-day... | |
 | 1822 - 440 lehte
...bas not candour enough to acknowledge it. He hoards up an abundance of second-hand witticisms, and " speaks an infinite deal of nothing ;" " His reasons...when you have them, they are not worth the search." If he happens to fall in the company of men of learning, his vanity then contends with his insignificancy.... | |
 | 1822 - 522 lehte
...Gratiitno's wit in the Merchant of Venice—' his reasons are two i^nins of wit hid in two bush, els of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them,...when you have them they are not worth the search.' At to the word Wurtt. vr ; : means money, it is certainly an anglicised pronunciation of the French... | |
 | 1822 - 666 lehte
...412,996 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 - 1823 - 322 lehte
...any thing now ? 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...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 you to-day... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 lehte
...any thing now * 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...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 you to-day... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 lehte
...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... | |
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