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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 Tale of a Modern Genius, Or, The Miseries of Parnassus: In a Series of ... - Page 139
by John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1827
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 22

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1798 - 612 pages
...truth in fuch difquifitions is li!;0 ' two grains of wheat in two bufhels of chaff: you (hall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the fearch.' Nothing more ftrongly evinces the futility of etymological inquires in the prelent...
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The Dramatic Writings of Will. Shakespeare: With Introductory ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1798 - 448 pages
...in all Venice : His reafons arc as two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff ; you fhall feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. Anth. Well ; tell me now, what lady is the fame, To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage,...
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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, and when you have them, they are not worth the search* " The just application of the foregoing words, will, indeed, be manifest to the...
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Protestant Advocate: Or, Monthly ..., Volume 1

Literature, Modern - 1799 - 912 pages
...public journals, may be compared to " two grains of wheat hid in two bufhels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the fearch." Here he admits, at lead, that he has chiefly felected his materials from the...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....

William Shakespeare - 1800 - 436 pages
...in all Venice : His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two buihels of chaff; you fliall feek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this fame To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage,...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...gives of Gratiano's conversation : " He " speaks an infinite deal of nothing. His reasons are " as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; "...you find them, and when " you have them, they are not worth the search." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity in the language,...
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of ..., Volume 1

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1802 - 454 pages
...Public Journals, may be compared to *' two grains of wheat hid in two bu/hels of chaff ; youjhattfeek all day ere you find them, and when you have them., they are not wertlt the fear ch*" The juft application of the foregoing words will indeed be manifeft to the...
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The Merchant of Venice, a comedy, altered [by R. Valpy] from ..., Volume 246

William Shakespeare - 1802 - 104 pages
...in all Venice : His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in two buftiels of chaff; you mall feek all day ere you find them ; and when you have them, they are not worth the fearch. Ant. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this fame, To whom you fwore a fecret pilgrimage,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...Bass. 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 ;...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 you swore a secret pilgrimage,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...Bass. 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...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 you swore a secret pilgrimage,...
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