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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... "
The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ... - Page 481
by John Bull - 1825 - 767 pages
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but eterp : IIU eye begets occasion for bin wit ; For every object that the one doth catch. The other turns to...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...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,...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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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 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 ravish'd ; So sweet and voluble is his...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...well-regulated laugher— Biron (not Byron) they call him ; but a merrier man, II' -ii, in Ute limit ofbeconùag mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure. Midsummer ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 438 pages
...Biron, ' that merry mad-cap Lord,' is not overrated in Rosaline's admirable character of him — * A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth,...doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; — So sweet and voluble is his discourse.' Shakspeare has only shown the inexhaustible powers of...
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Measure for measure. Much ado about nothing. Midsummer-night's dream. Love's ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 444 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,...talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; Por every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volumes 11-12

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1826 - 996 pages
...these students at that time Was there with him : if I have heard a truth, Biron they call him ; but ] s For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair...
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Sketches of History, Politics, and Manners, in Dublin, and the North of ...

John Gamble - Dublin (Ireland) - 1826 - 374 pages
...always provided the best cheer, while his wit and good humour would have given a relish to the worst. " A merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal." He was a great improver of his demesne, on which he expended several thousand pounds. The appearance...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...Beauty is bought by judgment of the' eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. j\. MERRY MAN. 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 volubje is his...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1827 - 364 pages
...for his own ; and who shall'say, that the laughing god ever made choice of a droller disciple ? ; " A merrier man. Within the limit of becoming mirth,...object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-movingjest." On the 9th of September, 1793, Mr. Mathews made his first appearance on any stage,...
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