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" 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 Merchant of Venice, a comedy, altered [by R. Valpy] from Shakespeare, as ... - Page 6
by William Shakespeare - 1802
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pages
...any man in all Venice : his reafons are two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you fhall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the fearch. Ibid. In In the following pafiage a character is completed by a fingle ftroke. Shallow. Q the mad days...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: pt. 2. Historical account of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 672 pages
...am not altogether an afs. two grains of wheat hid in two bulhels of chaff"; you (hall feck all if] ere you find them, and, when you have them, they are not worth the fearch." MAT.ONF. 6 1 nmtpt challenge ef tbit latten kiltie .•] Piftol, feeing Slender fuch a Him, puny weight,...
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pt. 2. Historical account of the English stage. Emendations and additions ...

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 670 pages
...yet I am not altogether an afs. two grains of wheat hid in two bjflicls of chaff; you (hall feck ail ere you find them, and, when you have them, they are not worth tec fcarch." MALONI. * / tombât challenge cfth'n latten tiliot :] Piftol, feeing Slender fuch a dim,...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 582 pages
...man in all Venice : His reafons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two buftiels of chaff; you (hall feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have...fame To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of? BASS. 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I have difabled mine...
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Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1795 - 382 pages
...any man in all Vemce : his reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you fhall feek all day ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. Anth. Well ; tell me now, what lady is the fame, To whom you fworc a fecret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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The beauties of Shakespeare, selected from his plays and poems

William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...nothing, more than any man in all Venice : his reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them,...when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. The Merchant of Venice, AJ Sc. I. LOVE. Things bafe and vile, holding no quantity, Love can tranfpofe...
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The Monthly magazine, Volume 31

Monthly literary register - 1811 - 766 pages
...in all Venice. His reasons sre 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 pot worth tjie search." I have gone through his last paper, which you have indulged with insertion...
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Works, Containing His Plays and Poems: To which is Added a Glossary, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1797 - 644 pages
...any man in all Venice : His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mail feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have...fame To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage, That you to-day promis'd to tell me of ? BASS. 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I have difabled mine...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the text of mr ...

William Shakespeare - 1797 - 596 pages
...ffeaks an infinite deal У nothing— the greateft part of his difcourfe is na ary thing. TYÏWHITT. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this fame To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage. That you to-day promis 'd to tell me of ?' BnJ/'. 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I havedifabled...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 22

Tobias Smollett - 1798 - 612 pages
...even truth in fuch difquifitions is li!;0 ' two grains of wheat in two bufhels of chaff: you (hall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the fearch.' Nothing more ftrongly evinces the futility of etymological inquires in the prelent infrance, than the...
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