 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 Monthly magazine - Seite 298von Monthly literary register - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...his wit ; " For every object that the one doth catch, " The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; " Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) " Delivers...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 Seiten
...for his wit; " For every object that the one doth catch, " The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; " Which his fair tongue (Conceit's expositor) " Delivers...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 318 Seiten
...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, 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 piny truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.... | |
 | James Mason - 1809 - 566 Seiten
...occasion for his wit, For every object, that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 Seiten
...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other tuvns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 436 Seiten
...object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit t 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. _ Prin. God... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 Seiten
...occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 Seiten
...occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, 4 That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble... | |
 | John Nichols - 1814 - 818 Seiten
...the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent a social hour withal. His eye doth seek occasion for his wit, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged years grow truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished, So sweet and voluble is .his... | |
 | 1814 - 752 Seiten
...ev'ry object that the one doth catch. The o'.her turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair pen — (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 discource, That hear him... | |
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