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" Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal: His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue,... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 408
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...wits do wither as they grow. Who are the rest ? Kath. The young Dumain, a well-accomplish'd youth, Ros. Another of these students at that time Was there...quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Of all that virtue love for virtue lov'd: Most power to do most harm, least knowing ill; For he hath...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...Alencjon's once; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report to his great worthiness. Rosa. Another of these students at that time Was there with...jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) VOL. III. L Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the service of a younger man \ la all your business and necessities. A MERRY MAN. {SHAKESPEARE.} • A MERRIER man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravish'dj So sweet and voluble is his discourse. VIRTUE GIVEN to be EXERTED. (SHAKESPEARE.} HEAV'N...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 318 pages
...shape to win grace though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alen§on's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report, to his great worthiness....Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears piny truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...passage from his beloved Shakspeare : " . A merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth, V78J. " I never spent an hour's talk withal. " His eye begets...ravished ; " So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered to Mrs. Boscawen, " 1 believe this is as much as can...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...See Vol. III. latter end of AprU, 1778: " A. merrier man, ** Within the limit of becoming mirth, <rl never spent an hour's talk withal. " His eye begets...ravished; " So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We were all in fine spirits; and I whispered to Mrs. Boscawen, " I believe this is as much as can be...
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Twelfth-night. Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...make an ill shape good, And shape to win grace though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alenc«n's once ; And much too little8 of that good I saw, Is...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged years play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...shape to win grace though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alengon's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, , ' Is my report to his great...expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, 4 That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 84, Part 2; Volume 116

Early English newspapers - 1814 - 752 pages
...ev'ry object that the one doth catch. The o'.her turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair pen — (Conceit's expositor)— Delivers in such apt and...hearings are quite ravished. So sweet and voluble is his discource, That hear him reason in Divinity, And, all-admiring, with an inward wish You would dusirc...
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Scribbleomania: Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem

William Henry Ireland - English literature - 1815 - 362 pages
...Increas'd of theatrical labours the store, man, we may justly apply the words of Shakspeare, where he says, A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd, So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Independent of his numerous scenic labours, Mr. G....
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