 | William Henry Ireland - English literature - 1815 - 362 pages
...Increas'd of theatrical labours the store, man, we may justly apply the words of Shakspeare, where he says, merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...so most, that most hi* humors know. [grow. Pri. Such short-liv'd wits do withet M they A Merry Man. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Deliven in such apt and gracunn words, That aged ears play truant at his tales. And younger hearings... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 774 pages
...kingdom for a mirth, to (it, And keep the turn of tippling with a flare. Shak. HIP eye begets occalion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to am/'rrA-moving jeft. Shak. — Moft of the appearing mirth in the world is not miit'i but art ; the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 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... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...Biron in Love's Labour Lost. " A merrier man, . Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never sj>L>nt an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the ona doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest. Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor)... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...Byron) they call him ; but a merrier man, . . л The Sittiad. Within the limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...kindness is now the property of my friend Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakespeare: -A merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch, " The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; t " Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) " Delivers in such apt and gracious words, " That... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...the property of my friend Mr. Laug« ton, the following passage I'rom his beloved Shuksptare ; • A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming Mirth,...never spent an hour's talk withal. His eye begets occmion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
