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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. "
Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical - Page 14
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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;...seek all day 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...
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of ..., Volume 1

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1798 - 458 pages
...faction, as far at least as he could judge from the evidence of the Public Journals, may be compared to " two grains of •wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and ivhenyoubavethem, they arc not-worth the search*." The just application of the foregoing words, will,...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - 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...seek all day ere you find them, and when " you have them, they are not worth the search." It is therefore futility in the thought, and not perspicuity...
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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...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 you swore...
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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...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 you swore...
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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...seek all day ere you find them; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Ant. Well; tell me now, what lady...
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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 :...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 you swore...
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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...seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search. Anth. Well ; tell me now, what lady is this same ' . • To whom...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 pages
...the soul upon it. L'JI-C. 3. Inquiry ; act of seeking ; with of, fur, or after. His reasons are at two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you...seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search. Sbaisfeare. Who great in search of God and nature grow, They best...
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