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... Letters Concerning Taste - Strana 114podľa John Gilbert Cooper - 1755 - Počet stránok 143Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1818 - Počet stránok 596
...The other turns to a mirth-moving jest. Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in sucli apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and valuable Is his discourse." But Eugenie's chief excellence consist! in addressing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - Počet stránok 332
...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. Prin. Heaven bless my ladies! are they all in love;... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - Počet stránok 560
...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. Prin. God bless my ladies! are they all in love;... | |
| 1819 - Počet stránok 610
...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. I am, Sir, yours, &c. CANTO FIKST. I ALL my life... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - Počet stránok 412
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - Počet stránok 506
...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. PRIN. God bless my ladies ! are they all in love... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - Počet stránok 516
...mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gractous words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble in his discourse. Prin. God bless my ladies! Are they all in love ;... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - Počet stránok 506
...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... | |
| Niccolò Forteguerri - 1822 - Počet stránok 280
...jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, NOTES. 117 That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse." Shakesp. Love's L.'s L. act ii sc. 1 It is observable... | |
| John Morison Duncan - 1823 - Počet stránok 760
...classic and forcible. Of him it may with truth be said, he communicates his sentiments " ^—— 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." E4 The editor of the New York Daily Advertiser,—... | |
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