 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 Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes - Page 87by William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1787Full view - About this book
 | 1799 - 912 pages
...the public journals, may be compared to " two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the fearch." Here he admits, at lead, that he has chiefly felected his materials from the productions of 'Jacobins,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1799 - 468 pages
...Public Journals, may be compared to " two grains of wheat bid in two busheh of chaff '; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search* " The just application of the foregoing words, will, indeed, be manifest to the reader himself,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 436 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Eaff. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two buihels of chaff; you fliall feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...of nothing. 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." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1802 - 104 pages
...neat's tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. (Exeunt GRA. a^LoREN. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two buftiels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are not worth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...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. Ant . Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...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. Ant. Well; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 386 pages
...tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. Antb. Is that any thing now ? Raff. Gratiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff ; you ftiall feek all day ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are not %vorth the fearch. Antb.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...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. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Ant. Well; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 576 pages
...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. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That... | |
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