 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 440 pages
...have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but a merrier mail, \Vithin the limit of becoming mirth, 1 never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his witj Tor every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth - moving jest ; Which his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...semblance of David Garrick was cheering. Mr. Beauclerk, with happy propriety, inscribed under that fine portrait of him, which by Lady Diana's kindness is...merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth, V78J. " I never spent an hour's talk withal. " His eye begets occasion for his wit ; " For every object... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...semblance of David Garrick was cheering. Mr. Beauclerk, with happy propriety, inscribed under that fine portrait of him, which by Lady Diana's kindness is...the following passage from his beloved Shakspeare: 4 St. Matthew, chap, xxvii. v. 52, 53. * See Vol. III. latter end of AprU, 1778: " A. merrier man,... | |
 | 1814 - 752 pages
...In mangled forms. ; — In sooth, a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, We cannot spend an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For ev'ry object that the one doth catch. The o'.her turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair pen —... | |
 | 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)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...semblance of David Garrick was cheering. Mr. Beauclerk, with happy propriety, inscribed under that fine portrait of him, which by Lady Diana's kindness is...Mr. Langton, the following passage from his beloved Shakespeare: -A merrier man, " Within the limit of becoming mirth, " I never spent an hour's talk withal.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...bembhince of David Garrick was cheering. Mr. Beuuclerk, with happy propriety, inscribed under that fine portrait of him, which by Lady Diana's kindness is now the property of my friend Mr. Laug« ton, the following passage I'rom his beloved Shuksptare ; • A merrier man, Within the limit... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - 1822 - 280 pages
...those 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 I...hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his mirth : For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 596 pages
.......... l •* • * * * "A merrier man, ',/ • . ,j. л.| .-',: ., // • . Within the limit oí becoming, mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal:...his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch/' ~ .1 1 : .• -14/. *i¡.ij The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Miracles are ceas'd ; And therefore we must needs admit the means, How things are perfected. MIRTH. A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. He makes a July's day short as December; . And, with his varying childness, cures inme Thoughts that... | |
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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. 
