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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 Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 578 pages
...a neat's tongue dried, and & maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOR. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing,...two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you lind them ; and. when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 536 pages
...Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice: His reasons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Atit. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same -jTo whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you...
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The Modern Standard Drama: Bulwer-Lytton

Epes Sargent - 1848 - 466 pages
...and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gra. and Lor., L. Ant. (R. c.) Is that any thing, now 1 Bass. (R.) Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have 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...
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Lectures on Shakespeare, Volume 1

Henry Norman Hudson - 1848 - 386 pages
...sometimes necessary, to gain one the credit of possessing it. Bassanio assures us, that his friend " speaks an infinite deal of nothing more than any man...when you have them, they are not worth the search." But we are by no means inclined to agree with him: on the contrary, Gratiano seems to us no less witty...
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Sketch of the life of Shakespeare. Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Merry ...

William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible [Exeunt Gratiano find Lorenzo. J)nt. Is that any thing now ? Ban. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing more than...as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; TOO shall seek all day ere you find them ; and. whei you have them, they are not worth the search....
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The Christian Review, Volume 5

1840 - 708 pages
...they say of their preacher as Bassanio said of Gratiano, " He speaks an infinite deal of nothing ; his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them, they are not worth the search," the consequence is, the hearers lose the character of hearers,...
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Choisir et construire

Christian Bouscaren - 1966 - 260 pages
...dismissed me. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff :...when you have them, they are not worth the search. SHAKESPEARE : Merchant of Venice — 1-1-1 14. 123 to call, 'draw or attract so's attention (0) : attirer...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 91

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1852 - 590 pages
...quidnuncs delight seldom contains more of truth than there was sense found in Gratiano's discourse : ' His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two...when you have them they are not worth the search.' Sir Aubrey Vacant saunters to the Reform, and there has the good luck to meet with his restless friend...
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Improvement Era, Volume 7, Issue 1

1904 - 510 pages
...become like Gratiano, the ancient proser, who spoke an infinite deal of nothing; and whose reasons were as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff;...when you have them they are not worth the search." Truth brings unity, and unity strength and power. Let us all work for the advancement of truth, that...
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Early Letters

Thomas Carlyle - 816 pages
...speak with ; he says " an infinite deal of nothing ; his reasons are as two grains of wheat hidden in two bushels of chaff ; you shall seek all day ere...when you have them, they are not worth the search." But enough of him. Our old college cronies have left Edinburgh nearly to a man. Waugh still continues...
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