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
| John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, mon than any man in all Venice : his reasons are as t« grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you...shall seek all day ere you find them : and when you but them, they are not worth the search. SCOTTICISMS. ч Step in to the ßrc, (sometimes pronounced... | |
| William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...thing now? Baft. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, •lore 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, wbeoyon have them, they are not worth the search. in'. Well ; tell me now, what... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 396 pages
...Bolingbroke ?" . SHAKSPEARE. *..".•. ' . ' •' His reasons are like two grains of mustard seed, hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them; and •when you tare them, they are not worth the search." .• W*tf/ SHAKSPEARE. • .;.... .... • i . " I ALLOW... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...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... | |
| 1904 - 510 pages
...become like Gratiano, the ancient proser, who spoke an infinite deal of nothing; and whose reasons were as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them they are not worth the search." Truth brings unity, and unity strength and power. Let us all work for the advancement of truth, that... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 816 pages
...speak with ; he says " an infinite deal of nothing ; his reasons are as two grains of wheat hidden in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek all day ere...when you have them, they are not worth the search." But enough of him. Our old college cronies have left Edinburgh nearly to a man. Waugh still continues... | |
| Hans-Jürgen Weckermann - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 380 pages
...wird: Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are äs two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you...when you have them they are not worth the search. (MV I. i. 114-118) Diese Bemerkung Bassanios hebt in aller Deutlichkeit den Gebrauch von Sprache um... | |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Biography & Autobiography - 1954 - 452 pages
...infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reasons are as two grains of wheat hidden in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere...when you have them they are not worth the search." Rousing appeals to the affections are excellent, but if they are not backed up by instruction they... | |
| Keir Elam - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 360 pages
...that anything now. Bass. Gratiano speaks an inf1nite deal of nothing (more than any man in Venice), his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...when you have them, they are not worth the search, (1. 1. 79-118) There is, perhaps, a certain irony in so much talk about too much talk. And Gratiano's... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...thing now? BASSANIO. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. own truth. And I beseech you, Wrest once the ANTONIO. Well; tell me now, what lady is the same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day... | |
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