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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. "
A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ... - Page 463
edited by - 1889 - 701 pages
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 580 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Well ; tell mp novy, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for ..., Volume 6

English poetry - 1811 - 592 pages
...Dramatic Poem. 8vo. pp. 24. A FEW good lines are scattered through this poem ; but they are like " two grains of wheat hid in two " bushels of chaff;...when you have them, they are not worth " the search." If Fate have decreed, that a change of ministry must always produce such an inundation of bad verse...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's ...

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 pages
...tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt Gratiano and Lorenzo, Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; yoa * Obstinate silence. shall seek all day ere you find them; and, when you have them, they are not...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 452 pages
...man in all Vcuice: His reasous are as two graius of wheat hid in two hushels of chaff; you mli all seek all day ere you find them; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant, Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same To -whom vuu swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 6

English poetry - 1811 - 614 pages
...a Dramatic Poem. Svo. pp. 24. A FEW good lines are scattered through this poem; but they are like " two grains of wheat hid in two " bushels of chaff; you shall seek all Hay ere you find " them, and when you have them, they are not worth " the search." If Fate have decreed,...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 31

Art - 1811 - 718 pages
...symptom. Like Gratiano, he " talks nn infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. Ilis reasons are as two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff; you thall seek ¡ill day ere you find them; and »lien you have them, they are Bot worth the starch." I...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...; and, when 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...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...5f § Many Men speak an infinite deal of nothing. The Reasons of such are as two grains of wheat bid in two bushels of chaff. You shall seek all day ere...when you have them they are not worth the search. 2411. v.xvt.'SCf.— Indiscreet. 2. Many have much disabled their Estate By rashly shewing a more'swelling...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...following, to the well-known occurrence of dogs' barking at the moon. Anth, Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. . Anth. Well, tell me now, what lady is the same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...moon. Anth. Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite dealof nothing, more than -.my man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff"; N you shall seek, all day, ere youjind them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search....
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