 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 trang
...That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. Merchant of Venice, Act 1. Sc. 2. Again : Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 trang
...vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lor cm*Ant, Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratianio speaks an inf,nite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice :...seek all day ere you find them ; 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... | |
 | 1822 - 666 trang
...1,041 50 406 500 100 16,254,534 8,525,252 270,908 142,087 24,779,786 412,996 CONVERSATION. " Grmtiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any...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... | |
 | 1822 - 440 trang
...He hoards up an abundance of second-hand witticisms, and " speaks an infinite deal of nothing ;" " His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...seek all day ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are not worth the search." If he happens to fall in the company of men of learning, his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 322 trang
...neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LORE-. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...seek all day ere you find them ; 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 trang
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now * Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...seek all day ere you find them ; 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 372 trang
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...seek all day ere you find them ; 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 trang
...Antonio, I do know of these, That therefore only are reputed wise, For saying nothing. • LOaUAClTY. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...seek all day ere you find them: and when you have them, they are not worth the search. MEDIOCRITY. For aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with... | |
 | George Campbell - 1824 - 376 trang
...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...seek all day ere you find them, and when you " have them they are not worth the search." To lay down therefore proper canons of sacred criticism, to arrange... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 trang
...bran together He throws without distinction. It is the same allusion in the Merch. of Yen. act ia 1. " His " reasons are as two grains of " wheat hid in...chaff; you shall seek all day " ere you find them, &c." The meaning of the whole context is this, " I am offended when vice " pretends to dispute and... | |
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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. 
