 | 1827 - 368 pages
...for his own ; and who shall say, that the laughing god ever made choice of a droller disciple ? : " A merrier man. Within the limit of becoming mirth,...object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-movingjest." On the 9th of September, 1793, Mr. Mathews made his first appearance on any stage,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal: His eye begets occasion for his wit; For eyery object that the one doth catch, The other turns to...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So sweet and voluble is his... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1829 - 358 pages
...no subject untouched, and was himself the best of story-tellers, has bequeathed to posterity — " A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant to his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So sweet and voluble is his... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...these students at that time \Vas there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him : but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,} Deliver's in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...Delivers in such apt and gracious words. That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd ; So sweet and voluble is his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...kindness is now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare: A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 500 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him : but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Deliver's in such apt and gracious words, That aged cars play trnanl at his talcs, And younger hearings... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye beget« ears play truant at hia tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished : So Rweet and voluble is his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...but a merrier man, rVithin the limit of becoming mirth, '. never spent an hour's talk withal: I is ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd; So sweet and voluble is his... | |
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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... 
