Hidden fields
Books Books
" Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue... "
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere ... - Page 162
by William Shakespeare - 1851
Full view - About this book

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...at that time, Was there with him: if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, , voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies! are they all in love ; That every one her own...
Full view - About this book

The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pages
...at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love;...
Full view - About this book

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pages
...property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : ' A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings arc quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered...
Full view - About this book

The Plays, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 352 pages
...at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love ; That every one her own...
Full view - About this book

The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 1

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 380 pages
...at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse."* * Act II. sc. 1. In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence in...
Full view - About this book

The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." * In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence in somewhat bitter...
Full view - About this book

New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 11

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 600 pages
...me refresh them with those often quoted Hues, the character of Biron : * • * * * "A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant ut his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." And...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...at that timeWas there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, to thank God on. .- Host. I am no thing to thank...an honest mail's wife : and, setting thy knighthood trnaut at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse....
Full view - About this book

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare : " A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged years play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his...
Full view - About this book

The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...by judgment of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. A MERRY MAN. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged years play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF