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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 Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 117
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - 1837 - 740 pages
...Uraliano'* reasoning: "Graliano speaks an infinite df ul of nothing; more than any man in all Venice; Ma reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels...find them, and when you have them they are not worth Ihe search." lint it is said the Senate had no right to pass such a resolution; that it cannot be justified...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Eieunf GRATIANO and LORENZO. Ant. Is that any thing now? Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage. That you to-day...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...Whose nature sickens but to speak a truth. 1 1 — v. 3. 289 He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...when you have them, they are not worth the search. 9— i. 1 . 290 Was this taken By any understanding pate but thine ? For thy conceit is soaking, will...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric

George Campbell - 1838 - 460 pages
...which Bassanio in the play gives of Gratiano's conversation ; " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...them, and when you have them they are not worth the search1." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...Whose nature sickens but to speak a truth. 11 — v. 3. 289 He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...when you have them, they are not worth the search. - 9— i. 1. 290 Was this taken By any understanding pate but thine ? For thy conceit is soaking, will...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...only commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible-^-- [Exeunt GRA. ana. LORES. liuss. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere yon find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. ) Ant. Is that any thing now...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...infinite deal of nothing ; more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of whoat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day...have them, they are not worth the search. • Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same • 1 Gear usually signifies matter, subject, or business...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...deprived of one of the simplest, and yet most useful inventions connected with the dress of modern times. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. — Shakspeare. If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches,...
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The Works of George Campbell: Philosophy of rhetoric

George Campbell - 1840 - 450 pages
...which Bassanio in the play gives of Gratiano's conversation ; " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...them, and when you have them they are not worth the search4." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pages
...with narrow-necked bottlei ; the leti they b*sv • them, the more noitw they make in pouring it out." wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...when you have them, they are not worth the search." There is an Italian proverb which says, that an eternal talker would be more agreeable company if the...
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