 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 190 pages
...M^w--W. '\ A His reafons are as live grain; of wheat, hid in two Wfhels of chaff. You Jli'all feek all day, ere you find them, and when you have found them, they are cot worth the fearch. Mercb. of V. A3. 1. B DOJV. Dow. Lady H-^-WB. 'That I could fliift my fex, and... | |
 | 1826 - 502 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 found 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... | |
 | 1830 - 192 pages
...nothing," or of proving to you that my " reasons are like two grains of wheat hid in a bushel of chaff; you may seek all day e're you find them, and when...you have found them, they are not worth the search." My muse labours, and is thus delivered. Gentlemen, — The very high compliment 1 havej ust had the... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1840 - 754 pages
...that the beauties of Beaumont and Fletcher are wheat grains lost amid bushels of chaff ; " you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them they are not worth the search." But anon they are a handful of diamonds scattered through a hillock of rubbish, wedges of gold beaming... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - 1845 - 952 pages
...than any man in Venice ; whose reasons were as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff, which you may seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, are not worth the search." Such characters would be ridiculous were they not dangerous ; for,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...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 found them, they are not worth the search. MV i. 1. VERILY. Verily ! You put me off with limber vows : But I, Though you would seek to unsphere... | |
 | 1853 - 656 pages
...were said to be " like two grains of wheat hid in a bushel of chaff. You shall hunt for them all the day ere you find them, and when you have found them they are not worth the search." The strongest argument that has ever been made in favor of the theatre, is the magnificence and true... | |
 | Charles Booth Parsons - 1860 - 408 pages
...like Gratiano's reasons — " Two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff. You shall seek all the day ere you find them ; and when you have found them, they are not worth the search." The amount of good to be derived from a thorough acquaintance with the authors of the stage may be... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1862 - 732 pages
...that the beauties of Beaumont and Fletcher are wheat grains lost amid bushels of chaff ; " you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them they are not worth the search." But anon they are a handful of diamonds scattered through a hillock of rubbish, wedges of gold beaming... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...Line 174*. REASONS. — 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 found them they are not worth the search. SHAESPERE. — Merchant of Venice, Act I. Scene 1. REBELLION.— My own flesh and blood to rebel !... | |
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Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, moie 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 found them, they are not worth the search. 
