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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 British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ... - Page 6
by Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 299 pages
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it

William Shakespeare - 1785 - 402 pages
...neat's tongue dry'd, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. an^LoREN. Anth. Is that any thing now ! Bats. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...grains of. wheat hid in two bushels of chaff ; you : : Cij shall sliall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the...
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The Monthly magazine, Volume 31

Monthly literary register - 1811 - 766 pages
...Like Oratiano, he "talks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons sre as two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff;...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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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of ..., Volume 1

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1799 - 468 pages
...from the evidence of the Public Journals, may be compared to " two grains of wheat bid in two busheh of chaff '; you shall seek all day ere you find them,...when you have them, they are not worth the search* " The just application of the foregoing words, will, indeed, be manifest to the reader himself, when...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...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...when " you have them, they are not worth the search." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language, which is the fault of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 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...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 promis'd...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 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...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 promis'd...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...commendable In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO. Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Ant. Well; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 576 pages
...vendible. • [Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infmite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice :...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 promis'd...
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The comedies of The Merchant of Venice, and As you like it, with the notes ...

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 350 pages
...Gra. and Loren. Anth. Is that any thing now ? * Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing,3 more than any man in all Venice : His reasons are...when you have them, they are not worth the search. Anth. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same ' . • To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 456 pages
...speakt an infinite deal of nothing,—the greatest part of his discourse is not any thing. Tyrwhitt. of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek...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 promis'd...
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