 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 Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 335by William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 344 pages
...I saw him at the duke Alengon's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report to bis great worthiness-. Ros. Another of these students...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Priii. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...Alencon's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is my report, to his great worthiness. Koi. % g , ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies! are they all in love ;... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pages
...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,...ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings arc quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 352 pages
...make an ill shape good, And shape to win grace though he had no wit. I saw him at the duke Alenpon's once ; And much too little of that good I saw, Is...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...drama itself has fallen into neglect. Biron is still referred to as the character of a genuine wit. " Another of these students at that time Was there with...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." * In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 402 pages
...drama itself has fallen into neglect. Biron is still referred to as the character of a genuine wit. " Another of these students at that time Was there with...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." * In the coincidence of sparkling wit, and indulgence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...thatgoodl saw, Is my report, to hi* great worthiness. /.'"<. Another of these students at that timeWas there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they...in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play trnaut at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 600 pages
...the mean time let me refresh them with those often quoted Hues, the character of Biron : * • * * * "A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant ut his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." And... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - Fore-edge painting - 1824 - 428 pages
...Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. A MERRY MAN. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...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 years play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his... | |
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