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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. "
Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ... - Page 224
by John Timbs - 1856
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 31

1811 - 718 pages
...symptom. Like Gratiano, he " talks nn infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. Ilis reasons are as two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff; you thall seek ¡ill day ere you find them; and »lien you have them, they are Bot worth the starch." I...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible. [Exeunt GRA. and LOREN. Ant. Is that any thing now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...; 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, That...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...5f § Many Men speak an infinite deal of nothing. The Reasons of such are as two grains of wheat bid in two bushels of chaff. You shall seek all day ere...when you have them they are not worth the search. 2411. v.xvt.'SCf.— Indiscreet. 2. Many have much disabled their Estate By rashly shewing a more'swelling...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 588 pages
...following, to the well-known occurrence of dogs' barking at the moon. Anth, Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...when you have them, they are not worth the search. . Anth. Well, tell me now, what lady is the same, To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you to-day...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 596 pages
...moon. Anth. Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite dealof nothing, more than -.my man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat, hid in two bushels of chaff"; N you shall seek, all day, ere youjind them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search....
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 76

1814 - 1032 pages
...print and paper shall ever be squandered on a second * edition. — — " Gratiano speaks an in" finitt deal of nothing, more than any man ** in all Venice...when you have them, " they are not worth the search." Vitm of the Present State O/FRANCE. JjlVlNG in France is very cheap, and undoubtedly a person of mo*...
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...said to b« "as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; yon shall seek all day ere vou tiud them, and when you have them they are not worth the search." In a word, these ineptia, these nothings, are scarcely to be tolerated here. But an Editor who could...
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Othello. Merchant of Venice. Third Satire of Horace

Robert Deverell - 1816 - 312 pages
...to the well-known occurrence of dogs' barking at the moon. 171 Anth. Is that any thing, now ? Bass. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more...two bushels of chaff; you shall seek, all day, ere youjind them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. Anth. Well, tell me now, what...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...any ffian in all Venice : his reasons are two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you sh II seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search. Ibid. Tn the following passage a character is completed by a single stroke. Shallow. O the mad days...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 322 pages
...not vendible. Ant. is that any thing now ? [Exeunt GRA. and LOREIT. Bass. Gratiano speaks an iniinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice :...when you have them, they are not worth the search. .•)i.'. Well; tell me now, what lady is this same To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage, That you...
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