 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 Old Hall, Or, Our Hearth and Homestead - Page 1by John Mills - 1845Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, TV other turns lo a mirth-movin.r jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aIred ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So siveet and voluble... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 402 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,)...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." * In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence in somewhat bitter repartee, Rosalind may not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object, that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,)...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love, That every one her own hath garnished \V ith such... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 352 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor),...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love ; That every one her own hath garnished With such... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,)...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." * In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence in somewhat bitter repartee, Rosalind may not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 518 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,)...ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in lore ; That every one her own hath garnished With such... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 600 pages
...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 (conceit's expositor),...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...occasion for his wit ; For every object, that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving with such grace, That the malevolence of fortune nothing...fromhis high respect. Thither Macdnff Is gone to trnaut at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...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 (Conceit's expositor)...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...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 (conceit's expositor),...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... | |
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