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
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...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 you have them they are not worth the search. Ibid. Shallow. O the mad days that I have spept; and to see how many of mine old acquaintance... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 376 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... | |
| Samuel Pegge - 1818 - 464 pages
...unlike Gratiano's reasons ; viz. " 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*." But, as the History of Coaches in general, and particularly of Hackney Coaches, has never... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 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... | |
| Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - 1819 - 270 pages
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 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... | |
| 1822 - 440 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." If he happens to fall in the company of men of learning, his vanity then contends with his... | |
| 1822 - 522 pages
...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, and 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 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 - 1823 - 322 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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