 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 Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes - Page 189by William Shakespeare - 1767Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) 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 discourse. We were all in fine spirits ; and I whispered to... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) 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 bis discourse. I am, Sir, yours, &c. CANTO FIBST. I ALL my life have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue, (conceit's expositor,) 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 discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1826 - 996 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such * arc quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 378 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor), 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 discourse. Prm. God bless my ladies; are they all in love ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving 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 are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in lore... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue, (conceit's expositor,) 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 discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love... | |
 | Julius Michael Millingen - Greece - 1831 - 366 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) 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 discourse." One of these lines (the second) was not strictly... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 592 pages
...turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) 'Will be'1 Delivers in such apt and gracious words, ', (-, , % .|\,.., That aged...truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse '." > [Rosaline's character of Biron. Lore's Labour... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) 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 discourse '." We were all in fine spirits; and I whispered to... | |
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